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improved Scotsman North, Slang 
n. a half-breed, especially a Scotch half-breed.
See also: half-breed Smoked Scotchman
- 1934 There were Mounted Police . . . and "Improved Scotsmen" as the mixed bloods were facetiously known.
- 1938 The Indians had intermarried with Scots for nearly two hundred years and may well be what Skipper Neilson calls them, improved Scotsmen.
- 1966 Canadians have not been slow to find nicknames for themselves and others. Among them are: Spud Islander . . . improved Scotsman. . . .
- 1934 There were Mounted Police . . . and "Improved Scotsmen" as the mixed bloods were facetiously known.