Bar Sin noun illegitimacy: ... Violet vowed tae wee Jessie, even though the church wid say that Jessie wis born with the Bar Sin; for her birthlines widnae gie her ony noble virtues, they just read: Born tae Violet Jordan, spinster-cum-servant, 15th March 1901: a Daughter, Jessie Jordan, father unknown − illegitimate. la20-. etymology: origin obscure; perhaps a development from Scots adjective ‘bastardin’; only attested by SR |