Definition of Strunts

1. strunt [v] - See also: strunt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strunts

strumose
strumous
strumousness
strumpets
strums
strumstrum
strumstrums
strung
strung-out
strung together
strunt
strunted
strunting
strunts (current term)
strunzite
struse
struses
strut
strut one's stuff
struth
struthian
struthiomimus
struthioniform
struthious
struthonian
struthonians
struts
strutted

Literary usage of Strunts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Journal (1877)
"Not only so, but I can gaze hopefully at a whirlwind of temper, while I loathe sullenness, or, as the Scotch used to call it, " strunts," in their own very ..."

2. A Treatise on the Statute of Frauds: As it Regards Declarations in Trust by William Roberts (1807)
"... when the lips of the party were closed mal re-_ forever, invited the legislature to interpose some additional guards strunts im- - , , , . ..... posed ..."

3. Tales and Sketches by James Hogg (1837)
"What gart ye take the strunts at the young laird the day ? Ye ken how weel he likes ye, an' I ken gayen weel how somebody likes him. ..."

4. Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of Scotland by Andrew Cheviot (1896)
"3, and footnote. HE looks like the far end o' a French fiddle. Gin ye wad thole to hear a friend, Tak' tent, and nae wi' strunts offend, ..."

5. Sketches and Anecdotes by Andrew Wanless (1891)
"... she'd tak' the strunts, And roar " I'm dead and gone;" Touts ! naething would relieve the jade But just a drap o' yon. Just a drap o' yon, John, etc. ..."

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