Scottie

English

Alternative forms

• Scotty

Etymology

Scott +‎ -ie

Proper noun

Scottie

1. A diminutive of the male given name Scott.

Noun

Scottie (plural Scotties)

1. (informal) A Scottish terrier.
2. (informal) A Scottish person (sometimes as a nickname).
   • 1883, James Chapman, “Scottie”, in Alexander G. Murdoch, editor, The Scottish Poets Recent and Living, page 301:

     It's Scottie this, an' Scottie that, Whan ye gang o'er the border;

   • 1987, Scottish Field - Volume 133, page 35:

     . . .and a bone-splintering hello from the Scottie!

   • 2000, William Donaldson, The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society, 1750-1950, page 320:

     On Christmas Eve the Germans shouted from their trenches, which are only 100 yards from ours, in these terms – A merry Christmas, Scottie Guardie. We are not going to fire to-morrow; we will have a holiday and a game of football.

   • 2011, Tanja Bueltmann, Scottish Ethnicity and the Making of New Zealand Society, page 170:

     Donated to the city by Auckland businessman J.M. Mennie, it was unveiled in 1921 by the then New Zealand Prime Minister, W.F. Massey, 'this big determined Ulsterman', who 'displayed in his speech a surprising knowledge of Burns, so much so that a man in the crowd called out “You're a regular Scottie”'.

Anagrams

• cottise