par-tans

Updated: January 17, 2026

"Pennyland here, pennyland there, they were closer in blood on Black Duncan than any of your shore-side par-tans, who may be gentrice by sheepskin right but never by the glaive." So the two would be off again into the tanglements of Highland pedigree.

Neil Munro - John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn