spleuchan
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spleuchan
First recorded in 1775–85, spleuchan is from the Scots Gaelic word spliùchan
Example Sentences
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I'll wad the best quid in my spleuchan, ye hae been thinkin about Catherine Roberts, and o' your chance o' findin her single.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
I think it highly probable that we owe a further obligation to the worthy Supervisor's presentation of Rob Roy's spleuchan.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
Ye ken Hornbook i' the clachan, Deil mak his king's-hood in spleuchan!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
An' now Thou kens our waefu' case; For Geordie's jurr we're in disgrace, Because we stang'd her through the place, An' hurt her spleuchan; For whilk we daurna show our face Within the clachan.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
When the discourse was finished, he knocked the ashes out of his pipe, replaced it in his sporran, returned the tobacco-pouch or spleuchan to its owner, and joined in the prayer with decency and attention.
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Sir Walter Scott
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