bism

English

Noun

bism (plural bisms)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) A devilish person.
    • 2011, Prism International, page 39:
      Cheek back (verb): defensive strategy of a bism who has been reprimanded for errant behaviour.
    • 2014, Andrew Glascoe, Nobody Knew She Was There, →ISBN, page 25:
      Just that you were a 'pair o' wee bisms.'
    • 2018, Ngaio Marsh, Stella Duffy, Money in the Morgue, →ISBN, page 44:
      That shut the old bism up good and proper.

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