Lexicographical Neighbors of Strunts
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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