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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LATIN, n. Appar. = a rascal, good-for-nothing.Rxb. a.1860 J. Younger Autobiog. (1881) 93:
I've a good mind to nooze your ribs there where ye lie, an' leave ye to hirple hame on your ae foot. A coward! ye latin o' ye.

[Phs. as Watson suggests a corruption of latheron, Laidron, q.v.]

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