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29th December 10, 08:30 AM
#11
Whisht - be quite (from the Gaelic Ist - hush)
Crabbit - cross, out of salts
Piece - sandwitch/snack
Play piece - playtime snack
Jilly Piece - Jam Sandwitch
Back of (as in time) - Back of 11 - after 11 o'clock
Wazzack - idiot
Pinkie - little finger
The list is fairly long added to which not only are there generic Scottish ones but there are a host of regional ones too:
In the Angus area you'll come across the mornins nicht - tomorrow night.
Local to me you'll still here the older generation say I'm fair bochk - I'm ill (from the Gaelic bochd) - poor.
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