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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

ALIPAT(T)I, n. A pet swine (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 1).Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Alipati, domesticated pig; sucking-pig, brought up in the house.

[See Ali, n.; “patti = Da[n]. ‘pattegris,' sucking-pig” (Jak.). See also Potye.]

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