Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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QUOTE, v.
1. In Sc. Law phr. to quote a paper, to endorse the title of a paper (Sc. 1798 Monthly Mag. II. 437).
2. In ppl.adj. quoted, well-regarded, lucky.Gsw. 1962 Bill McGhee Cut and Run 53:
The Divers girl, who was not a secretary or anything of that sort, must have been 'well-quoted with the Jew-boy'Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 57:
Well-quoted means highly-regarded, well-esteemed: 'I hear the challenger's well-quoted.' Not quoted means given no chance, unimportant or useless: 'Never mind what that balloon thinks he's no quoted.'Edb. 1991:
'Can I have my pocket-money, mum?,' 'Pocket money! Ye're not quoted, ye've already had two this week!'Edb. 1995 Irvine Welsh Marabou Stork Nightmares (1996) 149:
Ah ken whit they cunts think ay us. Ah ken aw they cunts. Ken what they are? Ah'll fuckin well tell ye what they are, he slurred, - Rubbish. Not fuckin quoted. That's these cunts: not fuckin quoted.
