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Cottar

noun
1.
A peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands.  Synonym: cotter.
2.
Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together.  Synonym: cotter.





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"Cottar" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Captain; "that is, I've met him at various functions, where he always makes speeches. Very common, I call him. I know his father; a mere cottar. I mean," added the Captain hurriedly, for he remembered that Mr. Rae was of the same humble origin, "you know, he is thoroughly respectable and all that, but of no—ah—social or family standing; that ...
— Corporal Cameron • Ralph Connor
... times still of the austere, virtuous, kindly, poor Scotch home, one has a vision of the "Cottar's Saturday night." "Perish all other dreams," one cries, "rather than that such goodness and simplicity should end." But now let us look at the average poor Scotch home, and ...
— New Worlds For Old - A Plain Account of Modern Socialism • Herbert George Wells


Words linked to "Cottar" :   bucolic, fixing, fastening, cotter pin, cotter, provincial, peasant, holdfast, fastener


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