stooshy n.— «I don’t think people are getting terribly excited about it. Where I come from in Scotland they would say there hasn’t been a great stooshy.» —“Anne’s Middle Class Move” by Paul Harris, Diana Wildman Daily...
snuff n.— «He stormed over to his Scotland Yard personal protection officer, and raged: “F****** w*****s! They keep trying to offer me snuff (slang for cocaine).”» —“Wills And Harry On The Lash” by Jane...
mini-job n.— «Then there’s the prospect of a “mini-job,” also known as a one euro job. As of January 1, the long-term unemployed will begin to be offered work of up to 30 hours a week carrying out some sort of socially...
tumshie
n.— «Now we all hae tae listen tae that big tumshie, blethering on and on and on.» —“Death of a Macho Man” by M. C. Beaton June 1, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
tumshie n.— «We are given a blustering blundering tumshie, jingling keys and flapping his arms against his sides like a penguin on ecstasy.» —“Eggs and the oaf” by Mary Lockhart The Herald (Glasgow...
tumshie n.— «While doing my weekly shopping in our local supermarket, I was choosing a turnip and was appalled at the price of one—70-90p depending on size and they were tiny!…You’d be a right “tumshie” to pay that much...