Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
DRODDY-BOTTLE, n.comb. See quot.:Dmf. a.1848 D. Hogg J. Wightman (1873) 117:
As he could not so readily dispose of the liquid [dispensed at a funeral], any man, whose better half was indisposed at home, took with him what was popularly called a “droddy-bottle”; and when those serving came round, he held out his flask, and said: “Put it there, and I'll tak it hame to the wife.”
[? droddy, adj., from Drod, n.2, from its shape.]
