"fly" meaning in Scots

See fly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective}} fly
  1. (slang, chiefly Doric) sneaky Tags: Doric, slang
    Sense id: en-fly-sco-adj-8A2-ImQ7 Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for fly meaning in Scots (0.8kB)

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          "english": "Now then, who's for a sneaky cup?",
          "ref": "2013 November 12, Charley Buchan, Karen Barrett-Ayres, “A Fly Cup”, in Doric Voices, Robert Gordon University, archived from the original on 2018-05-06",
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