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A diminutive of the male given name Scott. examples
plural Scotties
(informal) A Scottish terrier. examples
(informal) A Scottish person (sometimes as a nickname). quotations examples
It's Scottie this, an' Scottie that, Whan ye gang o'er the border;
1883, James Chapman, “Scottie”, in Alexander G. Murdoch, editor, The Scottish Poets Recent and Living, page 301
. .and a bone-splintering hello from the Scottie!
1987, Scottish Field - Volume 133, page 35
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.
2000, William Donaldson, The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society, 1750-1950, page 320
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”'.
2011, Tanja Bueltmann, Scottish Ethnicity and the Making of New Zealand Society, page 170