Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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QUEETER, v., n.
I. v. To work lazily and languidly, to trifle, waste time (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 137). Ppl.adj. queeterin, trifling, lackadaisical, and vbl.n. queeteran, the act of working lazily (Ib.). Cf. Cotter, v., 3.
II. n. The act of working in a half-hearted, trifling manner (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 137).
[Aphetic form of Squeeter.]
