Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TOT, n.2 Also tott, toat. Sc. form of Eng. (now only dial.) tote, the sum total, the whole lot (wm.Sc. 1972). Common in Galt. Gen. in phr. the hail tot. [tɔt, tot]Hdg. a.1801 R. Gall Poems (1819) 37:
Whare the hale tot, for fear o' skaith, Were fley'd to speak aboon their breath.Ayr. 1821 Galt Annals vi.:
We had the whole tot of my stipend to put untouched into the bank.Slk. 1822 Hogg Three Perils of Man III. vii.:
The deil be your landlord . . . gin the hale tott o' ye be nae ill for saying ae thing an' thinking another.Ayr. 1838 J. Morrison M'Ilwham Papers 10:
The hail toat, I man tell ye, has nae weight Wi' me.wm.Sc. 1854 Laird of Logan 418:
The hale tot followed me down the Candleriggs.
