noun
Commonly Confused
See Scotch.
Etymology
Origin of Scotchman
Example Sentences
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The towheaded young Scotchman, alert and hardworking, made his way among them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though only 29, McLendon refers to himself as "the old Scotchman" and, on the air, makes himself out to be a contemporary of octogenarian Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was only 100 years ago that a Scotchman named Mackintosh dissolved rubber in naptha and perpetuated his name in an overcoat.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is now 46, a satisfied, successful Scotchman.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Follow the river from Brown's Barn down to Inistioge, and if you ever saw anything prettier I'm a Scotchman."
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
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