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Quotation dates: 1881-1913, 1964
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TROOSHTER, n. Also trushter, trooster. Worthless stuff or material, rubbish, lumber (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 199, ne.Sc. 1930); also applied contemptuously to troublesome children, brats (Nai. 1930, Rs. 1973). [′truʃtər]ne.Sc. 1881 W. Gregor Folk-Lore 105:
The water's Rushter, An the corn's trushter.Abd. 1889 Bon-Accord (2 Nov.) 17:
There was naething in't bit trooster.Abd. 1913 D. Scott Hum. Sc. Stories 34:
Trailin' in aboot trooshter o' a' kin'.Abd. 1964 Huntly Express (3 Jan.) 2:
The trooshter that we maun wirk wi' for tools.
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