Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HOCHIE, n. Also -y. A secret store, something saved up for a future emergency (Fif. 1958 Scotland's Mag. (June) 43) . [′hoxe]Fif. 1861 Fifeshire Advertiser (8 June):
Willie determined to have one glorious blow-out, to the which end he proceeds to gather a “hochie” or purse against the market day.Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin x.:
Their zeal had been rewarded by the discovery o' that hochie o' brandy stowed awa in the broom-buss.Fif. 1884 S. Tytler Saint Mungo's City II. xxvi.:
For two hundred and seventy pounds was a lump of money; enough . . . even to enable them to make a “hochie” for the Lieutenant.Fif. 1919 T.S.D.C. III. 18:
When a person wants another to advance or disburse some money, he would ask, “Have you onything in your hochie?”
