Meaning of strunt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Spirituous liquor; alcoholic drink.
   Scotland, uncountable
2. A tail or rump
   UK, dialectal
3. A drink of spirits; a dram.
   Scotland, countable
4. Anything short or contracted
   UK, dialectal
5. A sulky fit; sullenness.
   UK, countable, dialectal

Examples

“Syne, wi' a social glass o' strunt, / They parted aff careerin / Fu' blythe that night.”

“Wow, man, that's unco sad! --Is that ye'r jo Has ta'en the strunt!”

“The Brain is acknowledged by all, to be the Fountain, from whence Sinews have their rise; particularly, there is derived thence one great Tendon, which passeth through the cavity of Neck and Back-bone, extending it self to the nethermost joint of the Strunt.”

“A tanner's dog invited another dog of his intimate acquaintance to an entertainment, but the latter dog not being satisfied with his feast, as he came away feloniously stole away the strunt of a tail , and the tanner's dog soon after hearing of the felony, quarrelled with his acquaintance, upon which he lost his life;”

“S a pretty little dog! 's a pretty little doggy! — ay! — yes! — he is, yes! — Wag thy strunt, then! Wag thy strunt, Rexie!”

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