Your Scottish Slang Word O’ The Day: Drouth
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drouth
(droo·th) Dialect, chiefly Scot ~n.
1. drought; long or extreme period of weather without precipitation.
2. thirst, dry mouth, usually caused by excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages the previous night (“Man, ah must’ve hud ten pints last night. Ah’ve got an awfy drouth“). A typical cure would involve more liquid refreshment. [see hair o' th' dug]
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I find this site a nostalgic delight. It brings back memorys of life in Ayrshire and Dumfriesshire. one word Icant recall having heard outside of Ayrshire is Sinnery (I gead it a cau wi a hammer and it fell sinnery) to bits! Thank you for a most entertaining site. Regards Bob McDicken.