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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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DISJECKIT, DISJACKET, ppl.adj. Dejected; fig. untidy, worn-out, dilapidated. Cf. Disjaskit. Found also in n.Lin. dial.Abd. 1935 M. C. Wilson Souter's Sujaistions 26:
Ye see, John cam' t' me afa disjeckit kin'.Per. 1894 I. Maclaren Brier Bush 134:
Sae booed an' disjackit.sm.Sc. 1923 R. W. Mackemna Bracken and Thistledown (1929) 18:
Hae ye never noticed hoo disjacket I aye am the hale month o' May?w.Dmf. 1925 J. L. Waugh in Cadger's Creel 82:
He was a lang salla-faced chiel, an' he aye wore an auld disjacket broon velvet jacket — a make-doon o' his faither's I wad say.
