Scotchwoman
Americannoun
noun
Commonly Confused
See Scotch.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Scotchwoman
1810–20; Scotch(man) ( def. ) + -woman
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After graduating from Vassar in 1947, Quigley returned to San Francisco where the very same astrologer, an elderly Scotchwoman, took her under her wing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nothing short of a Scotchwoman could have lived through her attack.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Downey, Edmund
A confidential person was obtained, herself a Scotchwoman, to carry the child into Fife, and there to expose it, under the circumstances and with the provision already mentioned.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various
Here the girls saw much society, for the old Meades were hospitable, and the Mother Meade, a Scotchwoman, had a great idea of establishing her daughters.
From Love and Lucy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
I was beginning to love this gentle, reticent Scotchwoman.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)
The concern originated in a small shop, where, some fifty years ago, a Scotchwomen sold candy, with her two boys as clerks.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
These two were Scotchwomen by birth, and both were widows.
From The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English by Castle, Egerton
Thus, in detailing the scene with Mrs. R——, I was instinctively led to picture a group of Scotchwomen, sitting socially together and listening to a similar story.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
The careful consonants and musical cadences of the Scotchwomen were such a balm to the ear!
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William
It's away from the railway; it's away from the high-road: it's kept by a decent, respectable Scotchwoman—" "Decent, respectable Scotchwomen who keep inns," interposed Geoffrey, "don't cotton to young ladies who are traveling alone.
From Man and Wife by Collins, Wilkie
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