curse of Scotland

curse of Scot·​land

-əvzˈkätlənd,

-əvˈsk-

: the nine of diamonds in playing cards

Word History

Etymology

so called from its similarity to the coat of arms of Sir John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair †1707 Scottish lawyer, as lord advocate partly responsible for the massacre of the MacDonald clan at Glencoe, Scotland, in 1692

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