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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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pint
noun
a shoe- or boot-lace:
‘Oh, Betsy, can ye nae
[not]
tie those pints any faster?’ Mammy complains.
17-
.
etymology:
Scots originally ‘a point, a tagged lace or cord of twisted yarn, silk or leather’; attested by
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