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great Scot

great Scot is the alternative spelling of great Scott.

Meaning of great Scott

Interjection

  1. (dated) An exclamation of surprise or amazement
    • Don’t understand? Land of—why, you see—you see—why, great Scott, can’t you understand a little thing like that? Can’t you understand the difference between your—why do you look so innocent and idiotic!1889, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, New York, N.Y.: Charles L. Webster & Company, →OCLC, page 130
    Synonyms:
    wow

Questions about great Scot

What is great Scot the alternative spelling of?
Great Scot is the alternative spelling of great Scott.

Words near great Scot in the dictionary

  1. great saphenous veins
  2. great sapphirewing
  3. great sapphirewings
  4. Great Satan
  5. Great Schism
  6. great Scot
  7. Great Scotland Yard
  8. great Scott
  9. Great Sea
  10. great seahorse
  11. great seahorses

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