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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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spooch
verb
to seek, look for
19-
.
etymology:
possibly a development from Scots
spoach
‘to look for, seek’; collected by
JS
; attested by
SR
note:
Smart & Croft (1875) collected a form
Pootch
‘to ask’ from English Gypsies.