Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1706-1728, 1812, 1870
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LUBBARD, n. Also lubard, l(o)ub(b)ert. Sc. variants of Eng. lubber, a lazy, loutish fellow (Rxb. 1942 Zai, lubbard, lubbert, Kcb., s.Sc. 1961). Hence adj. lubbertie, lazy, sluggish (Lth. 1825 Jam.).Sc. 1706 Short Survey Married Life 14:
[An] Idle, Lazie, Loubert, Leeped, Sweer, . . . Tatter-tail'd Baggage.Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) II. 14:
Sciatick, Jaundice, Dropsie, or the Stone, Alternate makes the lazy Lubard grone.Fif. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair iii. xl.:
And marshall'd, by the force of spur and stick, The long-ear'd lubbards in an even line.Rxb. c.1870 Jethart Worthies 43:
I . . . doun'd 'im in the m-m-middle o't [i.e. a slush dam], and cried "T-t-take that, ye m-m-muckle lubert ye."
