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bit1
noun a small animal, person or thing, usually indicating endearment: Would ye no be better wi a bit pony tae pull that bit cart tae youse, instead of pushing that thing across the mountains and across footpaths? [Would you not be better with a small pony to pull that small cart for you, instead of pushing that thing across the mountains and across footpaths?] 18-.
adjective little: She did a bit dance when she got the good news. la15-. etymology: Scots ‘a bite, a morsel’; Romany also has a form biti with the same meaning; attested by DW also found in Shelta and collected by EMcC/PS
bit2 noun
1 a small piece of ground; a spot, place: Ye see up thae bits ye wid hardly meet police on the road. la16-.
2 a person’s home or the locality where they live la19-. etymology: Scots; sense 1 attested by Sandy Stewart in RL, sense 2 by BW