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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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lurrichs
,
luirichs
[-oo- as in ‘moo’]
noun plural
old rags
20-
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loorichy
etymology:
origin obscure; there was a Gaelic word
liureach
‘armour, breastplate’ (from Latin
lorica
); collected by
JS
; attested by
SR