Scotch mist

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cold and penetrating mist, verging on rain. UK, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Something that is hard to find or does not exist. UK, countable, dialectal, idiomatic, uncountable

    "Scotch mist, the R.A.F. term for something imaginary. […] The joke of it is that Scotch mist is as wetting as English rain."

  3. 3
    Something that is hard to find or does not exist.; Something imaginary, nonexistent, or overlooked. UK, countable, dialectal, idiomatic, uncountable
  4. 4
    A drink of Scotch whisky served with ice and lemon peel. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    The perennial flowering plant Galium sylvaticum. countable, uncountable

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