tumshie
n.— «Whit ur ye bluhtherung aboot ya tumshie.» —“Re: Kill files” by imcc@cs.strath.ac.uk (Iain McCord) Usenet: rec.arts.drwho Dec. 2, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
tumshie
n.— «Whit ur ye bluhtherung aboot ya tumshie.» —“Re: Kill files” by imcc@cs.strath.ac.uk (Iain McCord) Usenet: rec.arts.drwho Dec. 2, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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