STRUNT

Etymology 1

Noun

strunt (countable and uncountable, plural strunts)

(Scotland, uncountable) Spirituous liquor; alcoholic drink.

(Scotland, countable) A drink of spirits; a dram.

(UK, dialect, countable) A sulky fit; sullenness.

Etymology 2

Noun

strunt (plural strunts)

(UK, dialectal) A tail or rump

(UK, dialectal) Anything short or contracted

Etymology 3

Noun

strunt (uncountable)

(UK, dialectal, Scotland) faeces, dung

(UK, dialectal) Foul air; a black, suffocating damp in a colliery

Source: Wiktionary


Strunt, n.

Definition: Spirituous liquor. [Scot.] Burns.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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