List of English words of Scots origin
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List of English words of Scots origin
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List of English words of Scots origin is a list of English language words of Scots origin. See also "List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin", which contains many words which were borrowed via Highland Scots.
- Blackmail
- A form of extortion carried out by the Border Reivers, borrowed into English with less violent connotations.
- blatant
- Bonspiel
- caddie or caddy
- canny
- Also Northern English. From English can in older sense of "to know how."
- clan
- Borrowed fr
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2004-04-09T17:46:29Z
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2024-09-11T20:19:01Z
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