noun
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See Scotch.
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Origin of Scotchman
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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
The vote: Yarborough 903,211, against 671,806 for the Old Scotchman.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is now 46, a satisfied, successful Scotchman.
From Time Magazine Archive
More than one Scotchman we met told us so plainly.
From Our Journey to the Hebrides by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Ringo follows with, “Meanwhile, high in the Swiss Alps, two elderly Scotchmen munch on a rare cheese.”
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
It is a curious fact that educated Scotchmen, as I have already noted, retained their superstition long after the common people had abandoned it.
From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams
In the autumn two young Scotchmen, ignorant of the new rule, came up to town and applied to Hunter for admission as his pupils at St George’s.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
For I know that our merriest of professors, best of Greek scholars, and most enthusiastic of Scotchmen, would himself wear the kilt if there was the slightest possibility of keeping his stockings up!
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables
And he knew how to win the hearts of the Scotch laddies growing up to be good Scotchmen.
From Playing With Fire by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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