Robin Cook
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The use of “Scotch” as a slang word meaning ‘stingy’ had a history at that time dating back to England in the seventeenth century, and was one of a number of national slurs, including many targeting the Dutch and the French, rooted in the national rivalries of the period. Reflecting England’s ambiguous attitude toward its northern neighbor, almost anything deemed nasty, stingy, or penny-pinching was dubbed “Scotch” in England, from Scotch blessing (a severe scolding) to Scotch marriage (a common-law marriage) to Scotch coffee (hot water flavored by burned biscuit). While many such “Scotch” terms had faded away over the centuries, “Scotch” as a general slang synonym for “stingy” was still alive and well in the United States in the 1920s.
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