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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

CLOSER, n. An argument which shuts one up; a “settler” (Bnff.2, Abd.9 1936). [′klo:zər]Sc. 1892 N. Dickson Auld Sc. Minister 131:
The minister . . . met with a “closer” in one of his examinations at a fishing village.Slk. 1837 Hogg Tales III. 182: 
Cousins are closers, mither.

[Eng. close, to shut up, to finish, + agent suff. -er.]

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