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.
Quotation dates: 1878, 1931-1932
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ARTICLE, n.
1. Thing, iota, a small portion of anything.Ags.1 1932:
Very common in Angus.Edb. 1878 J. Smith Peggy Pinkerton's Recoll. 39:
He never did an article, but lay in his bed gormandisin.
2. An insignificant person.Mry.2 1931:
He's an impident article o' a loonie.
3. In sea-taboo usage: a pig (Bwk. 1961). Cf. themsels s.v. Them.
