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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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STRUNT, n.⁴ Anything of its kind long and narrow.Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 185:
A strunt o' a saick. A strunt o' a goon.

[Orig. doubtful, phs. a back-formation from Strunty.? Cf. Scrunt, n.¹ Not likely to be connected with Stroint. ]

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