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stushie

British  
/ ˈstʊʃɪ /

noun

  1. a commotion, rumpus, or row

  2. a state of excitement or anxiety; a tizzy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of stushie

C19: perhaps shortened from ecstasy

Example Sentences

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Forty-one years after the stushie in Ayr the battle continues to rage for the SNP's cultural, political, and economic soul.

From BBC

Instead "stashie" - also spelt stashy, stachie or stushie, and even steeshie, steishie or stishie, is found.

From BBC

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