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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Scrotchard, Strotchard, n. Also: stokado. [? 17th c. Eng. scutcher a stick, whip.] ? An implement for striking, i.e. an offensive (as opposed to a defensive) weapon. To give (someone) a targatt and scrotchard, to ‘face up to’, to fight. —1570 Calderwood II 517.
If there be anie stout carle that will fight, sett me till him and … I sall give him a targatt and scrotchard [Misc. Bann. C. I 39, strotchard; Misc. Bann. C. I 48*, stokado]
