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cadge v. peddle wares; carry loads, parcels; beg, sponge

on 28th Jul 2008

Cadge is first recorded in Scottish sources in the early eighteenth century, although Scots use of the noun cadger "an itinerant fish seller; a carrier of goods" dates back to the fifteenth cent...

flit v. remove (one’s household, etc) to another house, go elsewhere

on 21st Jul 2008

Flit, in the above senses, was once in widespread use in England as well as Scotland, but in the last few hundred years it has been more frequently used north of the border. Derived from the Old...

plot v. scald with or immerse in boiling water; overheat, burn, scorch

on 14th Jul 2008

Plot first appears on record in an early seventeenth-century text, in the phrase "he now for his pride plotted with Pluto in the flame of hel". In the eighteenth century, it crops up again in Al...

yerk v. bind tightly; beat, whip, strike; snatch, wrench, etc.

on 08th Jul 2008

Yerk (or yark) is recorded in medieval English, and although it has generally fallen out of use south of the border, it is still known and used in Scots and in some regional dialects of English....

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