teuchat

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English

Noun

teuchat (plural teuchats)

  1. Alternative form of tewit
    • 1980, Hamish M. Brown, Hamish's mountain walk: the first traverse, page 132:
      And had I not come in past fields loud with teuchats calling? A house had a plaque mentioning that it was here Robert Louis Stevenson had stayed as an invalid in 1881, and written Treasure Island, which made his name.
    • 1982, David Toulmin, A Chiel Among Them: A Scots Miscellany, page 24:
      Sang would have stoned you out of his parks looking for teuchats’ eggs, or sent the dog at you, or he would have cheated your father out of a week's pay if he thought he could get away with it, especially if your father couldn't count money
    • 2005, A Sense of Place: A Collection of New Scottish Writing, page 141:
      The first oystercatchers trilled along the river; a couple of teuchats flapped their lazy dance in the cool spring air; high above a buzzard circled, screaming his cat-like cry; a couple of Dodd's new black lambs staggered beside their mother;

Scots

Noun

teuchat (plural teuchats)

  1. the tewit
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