cuttie

English

Etymology

cut +‎ -ie

Noun

cuttie (plural cutties)

1. (slang, surfing) A cutback.
2. (colloquial) A T-shirt that has had the sleeves removed.
3. (Scotland) Alternative spelling of cutty (“someone or something common and short or small”)
4. (Scotland, archaic) A hare.
5. (Scotland, archaic) The black guillemot.

Derived terms

• cuttie-boyn
• cuttie-clap
• cuttie's-fud

Adjective

cuttie (comparative more cuttie, superlative most cuttie)

1. (Scotland) Alternative spelling of cutty short, shortened or small.

References

• John Jamieson (1825) Supplement to the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language [1]