Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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¶UPPING, n. Uppishness, social pretension.Ayr. 1836 Galt Rich Man (1925) 138:
My chief purpose in speaking of the upping of the garnish inhabitants was, that the courteous reader might discern how it happens that a portion of the decent people shrink into closes. — It is because they cannot vie with those that are no better than themselves.
