Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1813-1846, 1899, 1953
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NINETY, n. Adj. ninetyt, ninetieth (Abd. 1930 Abd. Univ. Review (March) 104, Abd. 1964). Sc. usage in comb. The Ninety-Twa, the 92nd Regiment of Foot, which later merged with the 75th Highlanders and became the Gordon Highlanders.Sc. 1813 in C. G. Gardyne Life of a Regiment (1929) I. 345:
To join our brave friends, I may say the remains of the Ninety-twa.Sc. 1846 J. Grant Romance of War IV. xvii.:
Stuart, who had been accustomed to sit long at the mess-table, — rather a failing with the valiant ninety-twa.Abd. 1899 J. Milne Poems 50:
'Twas then that "Gordon's bonny Jane," The Duchess had the guiden o't . . . What time she raised the "Ninety Twa."Abd. 1953 Huntly Express (24 July):
I'm noo a full-fledged piper, in the Peerless Ninety-Twa.
