Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1832, 1968
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TRUSDAR, n. An untrustworthy person, a rascal, rogue (Cai., Inv., Arg. 1948), sometimes playfully applied to a mischievous child. Gael. See also Trooshter.Highl. 1832 Whistle-Binkie, I. 28:
Oh, the drunken trouster, to offer so to my Donal, decent lad!Hebr. 1968 Iain Crichton Smith Consider the Lilies (1987) 48:
'Ay, he's a trusdar right enough. I wouldn't trust him with my scarf in a gale. ...'
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