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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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

DRUNKART, n. Sc. form of Eng. drunkard. See P.L.D. § 63.1.Abd. 1909 J. Tennant Jeannie Jaffray 217:
Hoo to drink, hoo to get drunk, an' hoo to be a drunkart.Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 198:
Or whare the drunkarts sit wi' plooky nose.

[O.Sc. has drunkart, dronk-, from c.1500.]

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