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Glasgow kiss, n.
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DRAFT ENTRY June 2004
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Brit. slang
[< Glasgow, the name of a city in west central Scotland + KISS n., in humorous allusion to the reputation for violence accorded to some parts of the city. Cf. earlier *Liverpool kiss s.v. LIVERPOOL n.]
A head-butt.
1987 Financial Times 25 July (Weekend section) p. viii/1 The great politician, kneeling to receive a blessing.., rose too soon and inadvertently administered what is known in some circles as a Glasgow kiss.
1997 C. B
UTTS Is Harry on Boat? (2001) xv. 247 The slap hurt. Rick's instinctive reaction was to give her a Glasgow kiss, a knee-jerk reaction to the stinging pain, but the impulse passed in seconds.
2002 Daily Record (
Glasgow
)
(Electronic ed.) 9 Aug., One of them delivered a Glasgow
kiss
flesh on flesh, bone on
bone
to a younger man.