Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1827
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¶POOCHIE, n. ? Dim. form of pooch, Peuch, int., 2., as an exclam. of anxiety or foreboding, used subst. in quot.Dmf. 1827 Letters T. Carlyle to his Brother (Marrs 1968) 240:
Are you still in as high heart about coming to Edinburgh? and are the poochies all extirpated?
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