HUTTON: hut-on, n a statement or action designed to cover-up an
official misdemeanour or to rehabilitate a sullied reputation; also
hut-on, v to attempt to give an object or action a better impression
than it deserves; hut-o’ni-an, adj relating to the example set by
Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton of Bresagh, law lord (ret’d).
The rest of the article is worth a read too.
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=126672004
Mark
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