Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†CHO-ALT, n. A foster-brother. Not known to our correspondents.s.Sc. 1835–1840 J. M. Wilson Tales of the Borders (1857) VI. 255:
A youth, the cho-alt of Allan Cameron.