codracht

Scots

Alternative forms

• coddroch, codroch, codro

Etymology

Uncertain; cf. codderar.

Noun

codracht

1. an idle person of a low class
   • 1588, The Chronicle of Perth, a Register of Remarkable Occurrences, Chiefly Connected with That City, from the Year 1210 to 1668, section 58:

     The slander […] of young women […] dwelling together as codrois […]

   • 1636, The Annals of Banff, volume I, section 75:

     […] [those] who liwe idlie as codroches out of service in privat houses, haweing na laufull calling, traid, nor vocatioun […]

Adjective

codracht

1. slovenly, dirty, rustic, unseemly
   • 1618, The Chronicle of Perth, section 79:

     An coddroch hussy keeped an house by herself […]

   • 1627, The Annals of Banff, volume I, section 57:

     The idle, vagabond, and codroche people are to be warded till they find caution that they shall not return […]

References

• “codracht” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.