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Scots
Noun
pitheid (plural pitheids)
- pithead
1919, Frederick Sleath, Sniper Jackson, page 209:'Ye'd be a lang time yersel if ye had been on the pitheid afore ye were nine, same as Ah was'- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Scots pyat, pyet, diminutive of pie, from Middle English pye (also represented in the second element of modern magpie).
Pronunciation
Noun
pitheid f (genitive singular pitheide, plural pitheidean)
- magpie
- parrot
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