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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1816-1821, 1908

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†JILT, n.1 Sc. usage: a contemptuous term for a girl or young woman (Abd. 1790 A Shirrefs Poems Gl.). See also Jillet.Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality viii.:
Tom, help the maid to a comfortable cup, though she's but a dirty jilt neither.Ayr. 1821 C. Lockhart Poems 51:
She's but a lazy jilt.Hdg. 1908 J. Lumsden Th' Loudons 141:
A wild gipsy jilt, a ward o' Auld Faa's!

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