Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scotch sister

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: scotch -sis-ter
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A distant relation; possibly a cousin.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[S]he had heard of the probability of her having a sister—(she called her a sister, but whether it was a Scotch sister, or a sister à la mode de Brétagne, would have puzzled most people)[.]"

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

Scotch sisters (plural)

Questions

What does scotch sister mean?: A distant relation; possibly a cousin.

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