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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
†SMOUSTER, v. To eat in a furtive secret way, to munch unobtrusively (Fif. 1825 Jam.).
[Jam. suggests deriv. from Eng. smouse, to eat as delicacy, L.Ger. smusen, Ger. schmausen, to feast, to dine well, but cf. also Smoutter.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Smouster v.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 17 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/smouster>
