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Quotation dates: 1943
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TUCHIN, n., adj. Also tuchan, teuchin. [′t(j)uxən]
I. n. A husky cough, a slight bronchial catarrh, causing hoarseness (Inv., Mry. 1958).Inv. 1943 C. M. Maclean Three for Cordelia 138:
He's gane hame t' his mither wi' the tuchan.
II. adj. Hawking, clearing the throat of phlegm (Sc. 1911 S.D.D.).
[Ad. Gael. tùchan, hoarseness, of onomat. orig. The Sc. forms have been assimilated to ppl. and gerundial forms of a v. *tuch.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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