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Cuttie vs Custie - What's the difference?

cuttie | custie |

As nouns the difference between cuttie and custie

is that cuttie is (slang|surfing) short for a cutback while custie is customer.

As an adjective cuttie

is (scotland) short, shortened or small.

cuttie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang, surfing) Short for a cutback.
  • (colloquial) A t-shirt that has had the sleeves removed.
  • (Scotland) Someone or something common and short or small.
  • (Scotland, archaic) A hare.
  • (Scotland, archaic) The Black Guillemot.

    • Derived terms

    * cuttie-boyn * cuttie-clap * cuttie's-fud

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Scotland) Short, shortened or small.

    • References

    * John Jamieson (1825) A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement [http://books.google.com/books?id=UGAJAAAAQAAJ&dq=cutty+cuttie&lr=&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0]

    custie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • customer
  • * 2012 , Freeman Hall, Coworker Hell: A Retail Hell Underground Digital Short
    • So when everyone was stopping at the grocery store for one or two things on the way home from work, inundating each express lane with at least ten custies , the cashier on the express lane was due for a break
  • * 2012 , Michael Daniel Baptiste, Godchild
    • It all took maybe three minutes, tops , and the dealer was now ninety dollars richer. He even gave the custie one for free to make it an even ten jacks.
  • * 2014 , Ramsey F. Venner, No Loose Ends
    • We've only had one bad-weather situation since we've been in business. A driver before Ben was making a delivery to a custie in a residential neighborhood.