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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1893
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‡TROTSKA, n. Also trutska, trushka (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.), troits(h)ka (Sh. 1897 J. Jakobsen Sh. Dial. 38). Obstinacy, peevishness, bad temper, a fit of pique or sulks, a huff (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 203, 1908 Jak. (1928)).Sh. 1893 Sinclair MS. 12:
Quats pitten de in seck a troitska?
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