Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BITTER-BARKIT, adj. Used of dogs or persons having a bitter bark or tongue.Abd. 1865 G. Macdonald Alec Forbes lxxix.:
I hae a bed at the hoose o' a sma', jabberin', bitter-barkit crater they ca' King Robert the Bruce.
