slang "scotsh" = shirt, 1879;

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

The item  immediately followed by "Breast-plate" turns out to be "Shield"
(readily decipherable on the microfilm I received).  But the separately listed item right before "Shield, Breastplate" is the one that looks like "Scotsh -- Shirt."  Barry omitted this item entirely, and I assume he did so because it seemed illegible.

       If anyone would like a snail-mail photocopy of the page with "Scotsch"
(if I deciphered it correctly) on it, just let me know.

Gerald Cohen

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> From:         Douglas G. Wilson
> Sent:         Wednesday, January 25, 2006 9:35 PM
> To:   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
> Subject:      Re: slang "scotsh" = shirt, 1879;
>
        <snip>
> >
> >     The 1879 item is: "Professional Slang of Ye Dramatic Artist, Ye
> > Variety Performer and Ye Circus Man," (in _Cincinnati Enquirer_, 7
> > September 1879, p. 10, col. 7).
>
> Is this the source in question?
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> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0306D&L=ADS-L&P=R4842&I=-3
>
> I don't exactly see the item you mention ... is it the one followed by
> "Breast-plate" etc.? Or am I missing something?
>
> -- Doug Wilson
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