Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1894
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TOOCH, n., int. [tux]
I. n. The sound of a shot, a bang, puff (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Bwk., s.Sc. 1972).
II. int. An excl. indicating a shot or action like a shot, hence implying an immediate or instantaneous result (Kcd., Ags., Dmf. 1972).Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) 92:
In five meenits, tooch, you wudda thocht Sandy an' him had never been sindered sin' they got on their first daidles.
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