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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Strunt keeking, n. [Dutch stront, strunt faeces, excrement (also in 19th c. Shetland dialect, see SND Strunt n.5) and Keking vbl. n.] The action or practice of examining human faeces for evidence of bodily disorders. — 1658 R. Moray Lett. 329 (5 April).
You that have sometimes braved even my doctorship cannot be ignorant of the science of strunt keeking
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