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单词 scotchwoman
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Scotchwomann.

Brit. /ˈskɒtʃˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈskɑtʃˌwʊmən/
Inflections: Plural Scotchwomen.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Scotch adj., woman n.
Etymology: < Scotch adj. + woman n., after Scotchman n. Compare earlier Scotswoman n.
Now rare.
= Scotswoman n.In current Scottish usage Scotswoman (or Scot) is preferred; compare discussion at Scotch adj.
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1623 J. Webster Deuils Law-case sig. B4 v Let none of these come at her on your life, Nor Dewes ace the wafer woman..; Nor the Scotchwoman with the Citterne.
1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant ii. i. 19 I never knew your Grandmother was a Scotch woman: is she not a Tartar too.
1769 C. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. v. 356 The Scotch-women..gave up their jewels and ornaments to supply the necessity of their country.
1786 H. Lee Errors of Innocence I. xiv. 92 Lady Somerset! A rank Scotchwoman!
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 193 The neat, clean, quiet-looking little Scotchwoman, who now stood before her.
1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 307 I should so like a Scotchwoman [as a servant], if I could get any feasible Scotchwoman.
1890 M. Oliphant Kirsteen II. iv. 63 The voice had a plaintive tone in it, as so many voices of Scotchwomen have.
1936 Times 12 Mar. 10/5 That lone Scotchwoman, without experience of any country but Scotland, paid her interest regularly on time.
1967 A. Hilen Lett. H. W. Longfellow II. 130 (note) A Scotchwoman, Mme. Calderón had lived in Boston before her marriage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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