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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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drookit
,
drooky
adjective
soaked through, drenched:
The rain kind of faired up. But it was still drooky wet.
;
I’m fair drookit.
17-
.
etymology:
Scots; origin uncertain; compare Old Norse
drukna
to be drowned; attested by
JS
,
ET
,
BW
and
DW