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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

REEP, n. Also riep and deriv. reepal (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 143). A familiar term for a person, without specific reference to character, though slightly derogatory in force; “a slovenly dressed girl” (Abd. 1804 W. Tarras Poems Gl.), a somewhat doubtful meaning.Abd. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 46:
I ay was ca'd a canty riep.
Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 143:
She's nae an ill reep o' a dehm.

[Orig. doubtful. The associated form reepal suggests that reep may be an altered back-formation from Reebald. ]

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