Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1785-1876
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†STRUNT, n.3 Spirits, esp. whisky, toddy (wm.Sc. 1808 Jam.).Ayr. 1785 Burns Halloween xxviii.:
Syne, wi' a social glass o' strunt They parted aff careerin.Dmf. 1823 J. Kennedy Poems 65:
The auld folks crack and wet their craigie Wi' Highland strunt, or dear Kilbeggie.Peb. 1860 W. Watt Poems 184:
Wi' a scour o' guid strunt frae his bottle.Sc. 1876 Bk. of Sc. Story 539:
Say it's for the minister's wife — fourpenny strunt.
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