“Why, I have to find work for the thirty thousand that comes out of the coal, haven't I?”
“Scott, what a head! I never thought of that. How are you getting along? Where have you arrived?” 1903, Mark Twain, The $30,000 Bequest:
(countable) An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Scottish ancestry.
Renee Walters and Ashley Scott started the campaign to buy Freedom after Walters saw a viral post about buying a town “for the price of a New York apartment.” 2020 September 30, Ashley Schwartz-Lavares and Steve Osunsami, “Black Americans are leaving their homes to start their own all-Black communities”, in ABC News:
(countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
Then there’s Billy Long, a former auctioneer and Republican congressman who Trump nominated and was confirmed less than two months ago to head the Internal Revenue Service, with “little background in tax policy beyond promoting a fraud-riddled tax credit”. Long has already been fired after clashing with the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent. Long was the sixth person to head the IRS this year. 2025 August 25, Robert Reich, “Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025:
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A municipality of La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake, No. 380, Saskatchewan, Canada.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lonoke County and Pulaski County, Arkansas.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Georgia.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A small unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Cortland County, New York.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Paulding County and Van Wert County, Ohio.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A former unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A small town in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A small town in Crawford County, Wisconsin.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A small town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A number of townships in the United States, listed under Scott Township.