Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BAD MAN, n. A child's name for the Devil.w.Dmf. 1908 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo (2nd ed.) i.:
I juist thocht . . . that the bad man wad be like the smith, only bigger and mair bleezy-like.Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.:
Bad man, the, the devil.
Comb. (See quot.)Mry.1 1927:
Bad man's bonny floor, the white campion (lychnis vespertina).
