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snoiltit

verbanimals

trim almost to the skin

To clip or cut down extremely close to the surface or skin, e.g. trimming a cow’s horns or hair almost to nothing.

Example in use

He snoiltit da coo afore the fair.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/SNOYL-tit/

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Origin & context

scotsolderneutral

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