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Scotch mists

Scotch mists is the plural of Scotch mist.

Meaning of Scotch mist

Noun

Scotch mist (countable and uncountable, plural Scotch mists)

  1. (UK) A cold and penetrating mist, verging on rain.
  2. (UK, dialectal, idiomatic, chiefly Lancashire and Yorkshire) Something that is hard to find or does not exist.
    • Scotch mist, the R.A.F. term for something imaginary. […] The joke of it is that Scotch mist is as wetting as English rain.1945, Eric H Partridge, “Words Get Their Wings”, in College English, volume 7, number 1, page 29
    1. (UK, dialectal, idiomatic, chiefly Lancashire and Yorkshire, World War II) Something imaginary, nonexistent, or overlooked.
  3. A drink of Scotch whisky served with ice and lemon peel.
  4. The perennial flowering plant Galium sylvaticum.
    Synonyms:
    wood bedstraw

Questions about Scotch mists

What is Scotch mists the plural of?
Scotch mists is the plural of Scotch mist.

Words near Scotch mists in the dictionary

  1. Scotch marine boiler
  2. Scotch marine boilers
  3. scotch mint
  4. scotch mints
  5. Scotch mist
  6. Scotch mists
  7. Scotch pancake
  8. Scotch pancakes
  9. Scotch pie
  10. Scotch pies
  11. Scotch pine

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