Show Search Results Show Browse
Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1960
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]
POZIE, n. A narrow alleyway or passage between buildings, a Close (Mry. 1930, Bnff. 1966).Bnff. 1960 Banffshire Advert. (3 Nov.) 8:
The houses set higgledy-piggledy, gable to front, gable to back . . . the narrow dark pozies.
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Pozie n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 5 Apr 2026 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/pozie>
