January 18, 2005January 10, 2020 by Doug

Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Drookit

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drookit
(drooÂ·kit) Dialect, chiefly Scot ~adj.
1. drenched, soaked through. (used in “Ah fell in the burn an’ got drookit“)

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Edward C Martin says:

November 14, 2014 at 10:44 am

Had to look up “drookit”.

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Ellen Lennon says:

October 25, 2017 at 8:42 pm

I believe “drookit” to be soaking wet. I can remember the word keehawk or similar does anyone know it.

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