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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1920
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STOOP, int. Used imprecatively as a brusque demand for silence: shut up! (Ork. 1929 Marw., Ork. 1971).Ork. 1920:
Doren an stoop, for we're as witty as you are.
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"Stoop interj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/stoop>
