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stirrah Sc.|ˈstɛrə|
Also 7 stirrow.
[Perh. corruption of sirrah; cf. stir for sir, stir n.2]
1. A young fellow.
1665Sir J. Lauder (Ld. Fountainhall) Jrnls. (S.H.S.) 17 Being oftner in telling of his beads then both his other 2 companions fat-looged stirrows ware. 1768Ross Helenore 7 Ralph..A dainty stirrah had, twa years out gane. a1779D. Graham Jockey & Maggy v. Writ. 1883 II. 41 She's born a bra wally thumping stirra. 1811A. Scott Poems (ed. 2) 177 Here they dwalt, till Cain an' Abel, Twa fine stirrahs, blest their bour.
2. ‘A term of contempt, apparently corrupted from Sirrah’. (Jam.)
1816Scott Antiq. xv, Stirra, this is no the road to Monk-barns. Ibid. xxi, Ay, and then, when the dogs barked at the lone farm-stead, the gudewife wad cry, ‘Whisht, stirra, that'll be auld Edie’. 1818Hogg Brownie, etc. Wool-gatherer II. 125 ‘My faith, stirra!’ said she,..‘My faith, man, but ye're soon begun to a braw trade!’ |