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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TREBUCK, v., n. Also trabuck, trebuck, tribuck, terbuck (Sc. 1887 Jam. Suppl.); terbutche, terbutsme. [†trə′bʌk, tər′bʌtʃi, -smi]

I. v. To make a false move in a game. Used exclam. in quasi-imper. form as a call when a player in a game wishes to retrieve a fault and make a second attempt or when someone wishes to correct what he has just said or to change his mind in making a choice (‡Ayr. 1973). An opponent may also anticipate the call by making it first and so exact a forfeit. See etym. note.Sc. 1887 Jam. Suppl.:
If a person, on making a false move in a game of skill, calls out trebuck or trabuck me before his opponent, he has the right to move again; but if his opponent is the first to call out trebuck or terbuck you, the player is checked and must pay the forfeit.Ayr. 1925 Kilmarnock Standard (18 July):
Rhubart, fine fresh. Oh, dammit, terbutsme, wulks, biled wulks, a bawbee a jug [of a street-hawker too drunk to remember what he was selling].Ayr. 1971 Kilmarnock Standard (23 April):
A player who aimed a “dinger” at a particular bool and then changed his mind would receive permission to do so simply by calling out “terbutche”.

II. n. A slip, check or false move in a game of skill (Sc. 1887 Jam. Suppl.).