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 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
“Ye ken Jock Hornbook i’ the Clachan, Deil mak his kings-hood in a spleuchan!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
Ye ken Hornbook i' the clachan, Deil mak his king's-hood in spleuchan!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
Both L—w and B—e called out that "it was the tobacco spleuchan, and a well-filled ane too"; but, on opening it out, we found, to our great astonishment, that it contained a printed pamphlet.
From The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by Hogg, James
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