Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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‡SLOOSHT, n. Also slu(i)st, shluist. [sluʃt]
1. A large sluggish lazy person (s.Sc. 1825 Jam., slu(i)st).Bwk. 1876 W. Brockie Confessional 187:
Vile sluists an' sluggards, as black as the grun.
2. A disreputable character, a reprobate.Abd. 1904 E.D.D.:
He's naething but a mean dirty shluist.Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 62:
The orra sloosht wytit or she gid by, an' made a grabbach at her cwite-tails.Abd. 1958 Huntly Express (17 Jan.):
I niver saw 'im, an' wisna lookin' for the drunken sloosh [sic].
