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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SKRATHAN, n. A term of abuse applied to various animals. [′skrɑ:θen]Ork. 1929 Marw.:
To big kuithes — “muckle coorse skrathans!”; or of a hen — “wild coorse skrathan.”