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English to English adjective
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of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language |  | Example: Scots Gaelic
the Scots community in New York
`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'
`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'
source: wordnet30
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Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.). | | source: webster1913 noun
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the dialect of English used in Scotland | | source: wordnet30
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