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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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GUTSER, n. 1. A gluttonous eater (ne.Sc. , Ags. 1975).

2. An inexpert dive into water resulting in falling flat on one's stomach (Rxb. 1958 Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc. 23; Ags., Fif., Lnk. 1975).Sc. 1904 J. M. Campbell Notes on Bell Rock 33:
The somewhat inelegant term with which boys designate a bad dive—a “gutser.”

3. See quot., appar. because the feat requires “guts.”Gsw. 1950:
There used to be a game played in the back areas of running along washhouse roofs and jumping across the spaces between which varied considerably in width. A gutser was leap across the wider ones.