Scotticism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scotticism \Scot"ti*cism\, n.
     An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or
     Scotchmen.
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           That, in short, in which the Scotticism of Scotsmen


           most intimately consists, is the habit of emphasis.
                                                    --Masson.
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