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scotchman

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1. scotchman - Noun

2. Scotchman - Proper noun

Meaning

A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman.

A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotchman happy. Samuel Johnson

Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England! Samuel Johnson

And you can't part a boy from his father, You can't part a boy from his dad, You can't part a Scotchman from money No matter how many he's had. You can't part the skin of a sausage Or a dad from his fond son and heir, And you can't part the hair on a bald-headed man For there'll be no parting there. Billy Bennett

It is a fact, that though a Scotchman be the most locomotive of individuals - there is scarcely a habitable part of the globe where he is not to be found - yet nothing ever weakens his attachment to his country. Letitia Elizabeth Landon

A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth. Samuel Johnson

The englishman greets, the irishman sleeps, but the scotchman gangs till he gets it. Scottish Proverb

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