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Search Results for: chap - 8 Scottish word posts.

Knuckles are to be preferred to a hammer even at the risk of not being heard.

Scottish Word: Chapper.

Tags: door, hammer, knocker, man, moustache, ringer, scarf, woman

Knuckles are to be preferred to a hammer even at the risk of not being heard.

“Ah’v ayewiz bin a chapper me, no a ringer.” Translated: chapper: door knocker. “I have always been a door knocker me, never a door bell ringer.” The Scottish Word: chapper with its definition and its meaning … Continue reading Chapper. →

door, hammer, knocker, man, moustache, ringer, scarf, woman
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Scottish Word: Hurcheon.

Tags: apron, biscuits, chair, frame, shoes, slippers, table, teacup

Noo grannie McFearty o the Hurcheons o Dimwittie please dinni flee into a fyke cos yer tass o tea’s on the cuil side – no heated tae bilin het sic as ye like it. Ye ken … Continue reading Hurcheon. →

apron, biscuits, chair, frame, shoes, slippers, table, teacup
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Adults seriously monopolising a child's toy billiard table.

Scottish Word: Joogle.

Tags: boy, cockerel, cue, fish, pants, towel

Adults seriously monopolising a child's toy billiard table.

Canni noo, canni, dinni be jooglin the stick, steady, steady. Tak a meenit, tak a meenit, chap it neat noo. Ye get this richt ye’ve won. Get it wrang wi yir cue baw fawin doon the … Continue reading Joogle. →

boy, cockerel, cue, fish, pants, towel
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A card game played at a meters distance from each other about to go very bad.

Scottish Word: Cairts.

Tags: cards, coin, patch, pirates, swords, tables

A card game played at a meters distance from each other about to go very bad.

Crivvens – ah shuid hae kent this hygienic cairt gemme o Guts-Poker-Covid I invented widni go weel fur us whut wi us aw haein oor very own pack o cairts tae deal frae. We’d aw been … Continue reading Cairts. →

cards, coin, patch, pirates, swords, tables
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Shouting for help on how he should announce that he is wanting entrance through the extensive glass frontage.

Scottish Word: Awricht.

Tags: bell, door, glass, knocker, receptionist, risk, stupid

Shouting for help on how he should announce that he is wanting entrance through the extensive glass frontage.

“Hoi! Hoi you! Is it awricht if I chap wi this thing or is there a door bell for the sake of safety?” Translated: awricht: all right, permissible, allowable. “Hoi! Hoi you! Is it permissible to … Continue reading Awricht. →

bell, door, glass, knocker, receptionist, risk, stupid
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Necessary evil in the battlefield as experienced veteran uses dirty tricks to save a hopeless recruit from certain death.

Scottish Word: Foutie.

Tags: armour, battle, battlefield, blood, Death, fog, knife, knives, soldier, sword, swords

Necessary evil in the battlefield as experienced veteran uses dirty tricks to save a hopeless recruit from certain death.

“I say – that was a wee bit foutie was it no? – He wuz my loon an I wiz up fur it.” Translated: foutie: mean, despicable, underhand, shabby. “I say – that was a little … Continue reading Foutie. →

armour, battle, battlefield, blood, Death, fog, knife, knives, soldier, sword, swords
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A pet bird in the hand is better than pigeon pie.

Scottish Word: Puddie Doo.

Tags: cook, cooked, food, hand, pet, pie, pigeons

A pet bird in the hand is better than pigeon pie.

“That’s a gawsie puddie-doo yiv in yir haun chiel.” Translated: puddie-doo: pet pigeon. “That is a handsome pet pigeon that you have in your hand young chap.” The Scottish Word: puddie doo with its definition and … Continue reading Puddie Doo. →

cook, cooked, food, hand, pet, pie, pigeons
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Little bloke speaking to a big bloke sporting a black eye.

Scottish Word: Keeker.

Tags: black, boast, bruise, eye, fight

Little bloke speaking to a big bloke sporting a black eye.

‘Jings Erchie, that’s some keeker yiv got yersel.’ ‘Aye . . . but you want to see the other guy.’ Translated: keeker: a black eye. ‘Goodness Archibald, that is a rather serious black eye that you … Continue reading Keeker. →

black, boast, bruise, eye, fight
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