Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1868-1910
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CLASH-PYET, -PYOT, -PIE, -pat, Klash Py, n. comb. Also -pate (Ags. 1914 I. Bell Country Clash 23). A tell-tale, "one who divulges a secret" (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl., klash py). Cai.8 1934 gives clash-pat and J. M. Cobban in King of Andaman (1895) xii. gives the form -pyot for Abd. Gen.Sc. [′klɑʃ′pɑɪət, -′pɑt, -′pɑɪ]Abd. 1868 G. Macdonald R. Falconer I. ii.:
Ye'll do naething o' the kin', Betty. Are ye gaein' to turn clash-pyet at your age?Ags.(D) 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) xviii.:
He said he wud gie me a letherin' if I was a clash-pie.Slg. 1910 A.G. in Scotsman (12 Sept.):
With school boys . . . a tell-tale is a . . . "clash pyet."
