Two dapper men in suits with carnations - one with a broken nose, cauliflower ears, and a knuckle duster holding up a wee dog with a black eye by the tail while the other slimmer gent with spats looms over a frail lady in a wheelchair threatening her by having smashed her china cup of tea with his golden headed stick. The deeds to sign away all her possessions and a fountain pen lie on the desk in front of her beside the broken cup.
The Scottish Word:

Gash.

Listen ye auld biddy, sign on the dotted line or yer wee dug Archie gets anither keeker.

An nae mair haiverit gashin oan aboot some muckle gorilla that’s a guid freen tae Archie or you’ll get a keeker anaw.

An that’ll no be the warst o it.

Translate:

Gash: prattle, talk; pert, impudent language.

Listen you old biddy, sign on the dotted line or your little dog Archibald gets another black eye.

And no more foolish prattling on about some big gorilla that’s a good friend to Archibald or you’ll get a black eye as well.

An that will not be the worst of it.

ɡaʃ
The Scottish Word: gash with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.

Inktober #23 Dapper.

The Inktober 2026 Prompt List: 1 Apple 2 Relic 3 Miniature 4 Cactus 5 Smack 6 Ogre 7 Panic 8 Stinky 9 Ram 10 Mystical 11 Rescue 12 Toss 13 Flimsy 14 Lady 15 Hooray 16 Gangly 17 Contraption 18 Flightless 19 Confused 20 Lounge 21 Hero 22 Beacon 23 Dapper 24 Bake 25 Fracture 26 Zip 27 Dumb 28 Trophy 29 Tusk 30 Cookie 31 Flex
Inktober 2026 prompt list used to backdate words not done since summer 2025.

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