Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 2005 (SND, online supplement).
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ORANGE, adj. Protestant (chiefly derog.).Gsw. 1984 James Kelman The Busconductor Hines 33:
Aye and by the way ya orange bastard; I'll tell you something for nothin; this conductor I was on with the other day, first terminus and off he jumps straight into a wee dairy — two jamrolls and two pints of milk. Eh? fuck sake! Ya cunt ye you've never done anything like that in all the time I've known you.
