Jock Tamson's bairns
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Jock Tamson's bairns
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"Jock Tamson's bairns" is a Scots dialect version of "Jack (John) Thomson's children" but both Jock and Tamson in this context take on the connotation of Everyman. The Dictionary of the Scots Language gives the following definitions: Jock: (1) A generic term for a man, a male person. (34) Jock Tamson's bairns: the human race, common humanity; also, with less universal force, a group of people united by a common sentiment, interest or purpose.
Tamson: a Scottish form of the surname Thomson. In ph
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Phrase implying universal brotherhood
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2024-03-04T21:43:32Z
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