shilpit

shilpit

(ˈʃɪlpɪt)
adj
Scot puny; thin; weak-looking
[C19: of unknown origin]
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Birl spin around Stoorie dusty Bosie hug Troch goods of no value, rubbish fancy, elaborate Fantoosh Thrawn stubborn Muckle big Gloamin dusk Shilpit feeble These are all Doric words but we've scrambled up the meanings.
"How air ye jock?" ye cry as ye see the puir shilpit ard lad hirpling aboot the mart at Wooler (if there's a mart at Wooler yet).
Meanwhile, any shilpit wee bauchle with pimples and bad breath who wanders around with `I'm Too Sexy For My Shirt' on his front should be done under the Trades Description Act.