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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

GUTTY-PULL, -Pole, -Putt, n. Corrupt forms of Eng. catapult (Per. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 246, -putt; Fif. 1955, -pull, -pole).

[The first element has been assimilated to Guttie, n.2, from the material of which it is made.]

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