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Scots
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
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Scots
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Etymology
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abuin
(
“
above, higher up, superior
”
)
+
hoose
(
“
house
”
)
Noun
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buinhoose
(
plural
buinhooses
)
(
Shetland
fishermen
,
derogatory
)
A
church
.
References
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Eagle, Andy, editor (
2024
), “buinhoose”, in
The Online Scots Dictionary
[1]
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Scots compound terms
Scots lemmas
Scots nouns
Shetland Scots
Scots derogatory terms