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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1875, 1930
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UPSTRAUCHT, v. To straighten (oneself) up (Abd. 1973). Vbl.n. upstrauchtin. See Straucht, v. [ʌp′strɑxt]Abd. 1875 G. MacDonald Malcolm xli.:
In cam the prence, wi' a laich boo, an' a gran' upstrauchtin' again.Abd. 1930:
It juist cam on me fan I boot and I cudna upstraucht mysel.
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