‘I think a complete break-up of the union would be foolish for all of us, Sassenachs and Scots alike.’
‘Imagine the same holding true for the Scottish parliament, which has a fair contingent of Sassenachs.’
‘With only some 15,000 players aged between eight and 18 to England's quarter of a million, Scotland do not have the kind of conveyor belt that the Sassenachs so often enjoy.’
‘Scotland have had worse beatings at the hands of the Sassenachs than they sustained last weekend, but few which left one so depressed.’
‘Scotland had myths and legends and painted people; in exchange for money it gave the Sassenachs romance.’
‘The Daily Record, The Scotsman and the Sunday Herald are all headed by pure-bred Sassenachs.’
‘Like a comforting bedtime story, we Sassenachs cannot hear it repeated enough.’
‘For the TV version the radio cast was swelled by two Sassenachs, and the result was a fast-moving, irreverent and lively production that featured a number of recurring characters and situations.’
‘For no particular reason I thought it maybe was time for the clans to rally round and attack the sassy Sassenachs south of the border.’
‘He is of course, a Scots Nationalist, who wants to free his country from the colonial grip of the Sassenachs.’
‘Also, American audiences and Sassenachs will be bemused by the strong accents.’
adjective
derogatory Scottish, Irish
English.
‘It leaves the typical member of the Glasgow professional class with a distinct but wholly comprehensible (to Sassenach ears) Scottish accent.’
‘The media community is reluctant to admit that Sassenach papers could overtake the homegrown product.’
‘Indeed, at one point, with only six men, they drove the eight-strong Sassenach pack back with a splendidly concerted shove.’
Origin
Mid 18th century (as a noun): from Scottish Gaelic Sasunnoch, Irish Sasanach, from Latin Saxones ‘Saxons’.
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