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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1721-1910, 1991-2005
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ABERDEEN, prop.n. Also Aiberdeen, gen.Sc. variant form of the place-name Aberdeen (Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xlvi.; Ayr. 1901 G. Douglas Green Shutters x.; Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson, Mry. 1927 E. B. Levack Lossiemouth 25). [ebər′din, ɛb-]Cai. 1991 John Manson in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 78:
Pit oot the yowes and lambs
In the morning at the lambin
Bifore gaan back til wark
In Aiberdeen or Embro.Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web iii:
I sterted life as an artist at Gray's Schule o Art in Aiberdeen.Edb. 2005:
Ah've only been tae Aiberdeen the once.
In phrs. and comb.: 1. Aberdeen (†and)-Angus, used attrib. as the name of a breed of black hornless cattle orig. in the counties of Aberdeen and Angus and noted for the excellence of their beef. Gen.Sc.,; †2. Aberdeen sey, a kind of serge made in Aberdeen. See Sey, n.2; †3. Aberdeen's man, a male native of Aberdeen. See Aberdonian and -S, suff., (1).1. Sc. 1763 Caled. Mercury (2 Feb.) 59:
There is to be sold by roup at Balcarres, upon Thursday, the 10th of February, 33 Aberdeen and Angus-shire Oxen. Sc. 1844 Scottish Farmer (Aug.) 53:
The Aberdeen and Angus polled breed. Sc. 1910 J. MacDonald & J. Sinclair Hist. Abd.-Ags. Cattle 515:
The official name had been followed: "Aberdeen or Angus." The Council of the Society at their meeting in March, 1886, resolved that the designation of the breed in the Herd Book should in future be "Aberdeen-Angus."2. Sc. 1860 A. Leighton Curious Storied Traditions 26:
Nor the less that she has despoiled herself of her azure wings and wind-woven drape, and betaken herself to hodden gray, wincey, or aberdeensey.3. Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 151:
He's an Aberdeen's Man, he may take his Word again. Sc. 1800 A. Carlyle Autobiog. (1860) 348:
We could not have detected him to be a Scotchman, far less an Aberdeensman, which he was.
