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dead traa

compound nounbody

final convulsive struggles at death

the final convulsive struggles of a person or animal at the moment of death; sometimes used figuratively for a last, failing effort

Example in use

That wis jist his dead traa.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/DED-TRAA/

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Origin & context

scotsolderneutral

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