Sawney

sawney English Alternative forms en Sawny Proper noun A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, of Scots origin. Sawney Bean Sawney Bean en 1812 John Bell Rhymes of Northern Bards 185 But Sawney grew weary, and fain would be civil, / Being auld, and unfeary, and fail'd of his strength Noun en archaic derogatory A Scotsman. en w:The Gentleman's Magazine 1874 July–December With the Herring Fleet W. Senior 704 https://archive.org/details/gentlemansmagaz378unkngoog/page/n718/mode/1up “They can live upon barley-meal without a morsel of meat from week-end to week-end, can these miserable Sawnies,” quoth another. en 1897 Stanley John Weyman XIV Shrewsbury He took the gibe and scowled at me--he spoke always like a Sawney, and could never pass for English; but in his pleasure at the discovery he had made he let the word pass. See also en Jock Anagrams en aenswy Swaney Swayne waneys en diminutives of male given names