Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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†LOCKANTIES, int. Also lockintee, -antee, and reduced form lokins. An exclamation of surprise or disappointment (Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems Gl., 1837 Crawfurd MSS. X. 195, obsol.).Ayr. 1821 Scots Mag. (April) 352:
Lockanties! that sic guid auld stoops o' our kintra language soud be buriet few kens whare.Edb. 1895 J. Tweeddale Moff 191:
Lokins, miss, I houp there's naething wrang?
