tumshie

tumshie
 n.— «No an insult would be if I called you a “richt sasenach Tumshie, wi a heid the’ size o’ ben macduhi.” Then you would have every right to be offended.» —“Re: wh&s run amok” by Connor Macleod Usenet: uk.rec.climbing July 19, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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