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Scots
Etymology
From Norwegian smeik, from Middle Low German smeiker.
Pronunciation
Noun
smaik (plural smaiks)
- (archaic) rascal, rogue
1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:‘Oh, I have heard of that smaik,’ said the Scotch merchant, interrupting him; ‘it is he whom your principal, like an obstinate auld fule, wad make a merchant o', wad he or wad he no [...].’- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “smaik, smak(e, n.1”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A Craigie, A J Aitken , editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
- “smaik, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W Grant and D D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.