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fouter
(foo·tir) Dialect, chiefly Scot.
1. ~n. one who muddles through; aimless, exasperating person (“Yer a fouter, gie it tae me, ah’ll dae it!“).
2. ~v. a fiddly, troublesome task or job (“This is a right fouter, this“) ~adv. foutering (“Yer foutering aboot! Stope it!“) [Similar to gitter].
Doug, Doug, Gray Doug
from medieval word used for accoutrements
used by boys/men caring for hunting dogs
Scots is NOT slang.
http://www.scotslanguage.com/ or http://www.dsl.ac.uk/