tushker
/ˈtʌʃkə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of tusker (“peat-cutting tool”).
Example Sentences
- "1950, British Council, University of Aberdeen, The Viking Congress: Lerwick, July 1950, Issue 132, page 110, […] neighbour's and measure the distance of his own by throwing his tushker or peat spade."
- "1975, School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh University, Tocher: Tales, Songs, Tradition, Issues 17-23; Issues 25-29, page 38, I mind [my father] tellin me a story: he wis a young fellow, and he was playin wi a tushker in the burn, cuttin peats, an they were an old man 'at cam up."
- "'I'm no' holding you back?' I asked, looking at the tushker propped by the door. 'Lass, the peats'll keep. Come you in aboot.'"