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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

TOORAL, adj. Also in ppl. form tooraled. Very pleased with oneself (m.Lth., s.Sc. 1972). [′turəl(d)]

[From nw. Eng. dial. tooral-ooral, merry or elated with drink, a drunk man's slurring of the phr. ‘truly rural' applied as a test of sobriety.]

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