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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
GUTTY-PULL, -Pole, -Putt, n. Corrupt forms of Eng. catapult (Per. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 246, -putt; Fif. 1955, -pull, -pole).
[The first element has been assimilated to Guttie, n.2, from the material of which it is made.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Gutty-pull n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/guttypull>
