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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1959
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¶TRATCH, v. To be reluctant or unwilling (to do anything), to shirk, to wriggle out of an unwelcome duty.Abd. 1959 People's Jnl. (19 Dec.) 11:
We'd the Sunday skweel an' kirk baith tae gang til, bit there wis nae tratchin' or thrawin' aboot it, we a' likit it.
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