Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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STINGY, adj. Sc. †usages. [′stɪndʒi]
1. Haughty, scornful, supercilious (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 108, 1787 J. Elphinston Propriety II. 78); peevish, petulant (Sc. 1787 J. Beattie Scoticisms 87).Sc. a.1830 Earl of Aboyne in Child Ballads No. 235 D. xvii.:
She turned her about wie a very stingy look.
2. Having a poor appetite, fastidious about one's food (Sh. 1971).Sh. 1898 Shetland News (26 Nov.):
Shü was a stingy craetir frae shü wis a calf.
