Where does spleuchan come from?

It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

spleuchan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"But I was saying, there’s some siller in the spleuchan that’s like the Captain’s ain, for we’ve aye counted it such, baith Ailie and me."
"'I wadna hae been in his skin for the best har'st fee that ever was paid into a Lowlander's purse or a Highlander's spleuchan.'"

From Goidelic/Scottish Gaelic spliuchan.

spleuchans (plural) speuchan (alternative) spleughan (alternative)

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