Monday, 22 August 2016

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Adam Jacot de Boinod’s

Wide World of Words - Scotland

raw-gabbit speaking confidentially on a subject of which one is ignorant

maulifuff a woman without energy; a young woman who makes much fuss and accomplishes very little

ramstamphish rough, blunt, unceremonious; forward and noisy

pursy (Scottish dialect) short-breathed and fat

Adam Jacot de Boinod worked on the first series of BBC Television’s QI for Stephen Fry, and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World – Penguin Books, £10.



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