stushien.
/ˈstʌʃi/, U.S. /ˈstəʃi/, Scottish English /ˈstʌʃɪ/ Scottish.
A disturbance, uproar, row, fracas.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of
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1824 G. Smith Douglas Travestie 12 Mony an aukward stashie was he in.
1840 G. Webster Ingliston xxviii. 289 The haill toun's been in a stushie about it.
1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Penny Wheep 8 I lo'e the stishie o' Earth in space.
1959 M. Pugh Chancer 68 Big trouble from the film company... They're in a stushy. Some of the survivors started creating hell about the film.
1973 People's Jrnl. (Inverness & Northern Counties ed.) 24 Nov. 17/4 (heading) Army ‘Samaritans’ caused a stushie on the road to Durness.
1980 G. Hammond Reward Game vii. 96 Do you still want Briesland House, or did this morning's stishie put you off it for life?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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