A gentleman 'armed to eat' at a moments notice - with cutlery to hand in his waistcoat pocket.
The Scottish Word:

Reel.

“Oi Cherlie! Ye canna see green cheese but yer een reel.”

Translate:

reel: spin, rotate, also a type of dance.

“Hey! Charles. You can’t see green cheese but your eyes spin (you can’t see food without wanting to eat it).”

[reel spelled out in the phonetic alphabet.]
The Scottish Word: reel with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.

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