Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TRUMS, v., n. Also trumps. [trʊms]
I. v. To be sulky (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.). Most freq. in ppl. forms trum(p)s(k)et, troins(h)ket, trønsket, sulky, peevish, perverse (Sh. 1897 J. Jakobsen Dial. Sh. 40, 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl., Sh. 1973).
II. n. Sulkiness, fretfulness, a fit of sulks, gen. in phr. in a trums, i' de trumses, in the sulks (Jak., Sh. 1973).
[Cf. Faer. trumsutur, sullen, morose, trumsa, to be in a bad humour, but some of the forms suggest conflation with Trotsk, Trotska.]
