Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BLUNTIE, BLUNTY, n. “A sniveller, a stupid fellow” (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Gen. in phr. to look like blunty. [′blʌnti]Sc. 1994 Pete Fortune in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 153:
A tell ye man, whit a rerr sicht it wis, a richt collieshangie. A mean, it's no that A huvna seen the big bluntie riled afore - help ma Goad seen that oaften eneuch.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 13; Abd.22 1935:
How stand poor I, o'er ta'en wi' sick a trick, To look like blunty an' the fupshaft lick.Ayr. 1792 Burns O' for Ane-an'-Twenty, Tam (Cent. ed.) i.:
They snool me sair, and haud me down, And gar me look like bluntie, Tam.
