Scotch sister

noun

A distant relation; possibly a cousin.

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nounScotch sister (plural Scotch sisters)

plural Scotch sisters

  1. obsoleteA distant relation; possibly a cousin.

    [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)[.]

    1866, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 19, in Wives and Daughters, London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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