Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 2005 (SND, online supplement).
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NUT, adv. 1. Sc. form of Eng. not.Gsw. 1973 Molly Weir A Toe on the Ladder (1975) 5:
And nut a word to onybody!wm.Sc. 1985 Liz Lochhead Tartuffe 43:
A' the glisterin' riches in the warld mean nut a thing tae me.
Ah'm the last wan tae get dazzled by their glamourie.
2. No, the opposite of yes.Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 49:
nut A form of no, usually confined to one-word answers: 'Is that yours?' 'Nut.'m.Sc. 1995 Iain Banks Whit (1996) 411:
'Nut; I wannae to go to the jazz.'wm.Sc. 1995 Alan Warner Morvern Callar (1996) 31:
Did you like them boys? I goes. Nut, she shook her hair. Neither? Nut. Right townies.wm.Sc. 1998 Alan Warner The Sopranos (1999) 65:
Want a Roses?
No ta.
Rachel?
No.
Manda?
Nut.
