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, Scotland) Mar. 23, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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