subs. phr. (Scots’).—The Old Town, ‘Edinburgh: i.e., Old Smoky.’
1806. PITMAN [C. K. SHARPE, Correspondence (1888), i. 271]. We are within two hours-and-a-half of AULD REEKY.
1816. SCOTT, The Antiquary, vi. And what news do you bring us from Edinburgh … how wags the world in AULD REEKIE? Ibid. (1818), The Heart of Mid-lothian., xl. My best service to all my old friends at and about AULD REEKIE.
1889. Colonies and India, 24 July, 10. 1. The Australasian Colony in AULD REEKIE is prospering apace.
