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Search Results for: alloo allow - 5 Scottish word posts.

Poacher kills six forestry wardens with speedy archery.

Scottish Word: Scrogs.

Tags: arrows, deer, dogs, horses, kilts, sword

Poacher kills six forestry wardens with speedy archery.

Dee ye forest reenger polis o the purse. Lickspittles tae the siller rich wha cheaply boucht oor earth, ahn quick tae own an fell an profit oot o trees no yet cam o age, leavin but … Continue reading Scrogs. →

arrows, deer, dogs, horses, kilts, sword
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A giant brown trout cruising under a fisherman on a stone bridge and a canoeist.

Scottish Word: Troot.

Tags: bridge, canoe, fish, fisherman, kilt, trees

A giant brown trout cruising under a fisherman on a stone bridge and a canoeist.

Jings it’s the muckle minginishrie broon troot. Gey rare. If I wiz you I wid bide still and no kerry oan like a fly oan tap o the watter, ye dinni want tae end up a … Continue reading Troot. →

bridge, canoe, fish, fisherman, kilt, trees
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Zorro the white rat uses a bread knife to rescue his pal yellow duck from the hangman's noose around his neck.

Scottish Word: Breid.

Tags: cheese, duck, gallows, hang, rope, stool, wine

Zorro the white rat uses a bread knife to rescue his pal yellow duck from the hangman's noose around his neck.

Saw awa White Rat Zorro ah’ll use mha wecht tae strekit the rope ticht wi aw my micht. I ken the breid knife wiz aw ye had tae haun that wiz onie yis tae ye. Nae … Continue reading Breid. →

cheese, duck, gallows, hang, rope, stool, wine
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One pilot in a World War One biplane drops haggises on another.

Scottish Word: Collieshangie.

Tags: aeroplane, cloud, engine, goggles, guns, haggis

One pilot in a World War One biplane drops haggises on another.

Yer a scourie reebald McMurdoch, yer turnin this dog fight intae a richt collieshangie. It’s no on. Haggis Bombs is no allood. It’s biological weapons ahm tellin ye! No legal. No legal ataw. Dae ye hear … Continue reading Collieshangie. →

aeroplane, cloud, engine, goggles, guns, haggis
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Likely lad giving advice to a stumped draughts player who, if he moves right, is certain to win. (Checkers)

Scottish Word: Belter.

Tags: board, game, playing, spectacles

Likely lad giving advice to a stumped draughts player who, if he moves right, is certain to win. (Checkers)

She’s telt me in no uncertain terms ahm no allood tae help ye. But yer next moves a belter, if ye kin see it. Ahn if ye do, yer wins a certie, a hunner percent. Translation: … Continue reading Belter. →

board, game, playing, spectacles
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