Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RORY, n. A nickname for a soldier in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Sc. 1915 C. White Our Regiments 126). In pl. with def. art.: the regiment itself.
[From the prop. name Rory, Gael. Ruairidh, Roderick, a common christian name in the northern counties of Scotland from which the regiment was partly recruited.]
