stroupachとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

stroupach (複数形 stroupachs)

1. (Scotland) a cup of tea.
   • 1944, Catherine Macdonald Maclean, Farewell to Tharrus, Page 88

     At six I dressed, and went down to the kitchen to light the fire, thinking to surprise Cordelia by bringing her stroupach up to her in bed on Harvest-morn. But I found that I was not the only one to be up betimes.

   • 1992, John Maxwell, "A few ruffled feathers over champagne and duck breast", Herald Scotland

     The trick, my dear madam, is to ensure that the sun is shining on the flowers as you pick them and never to pause, yea even for a stroupach, between picking and starting the mulching process.

   • 2009, LUNNAINN NAN GÀIDHEAL, [1]

     With a ‘stroupach’ (cup of tea) in the church hall afterwards (かつ, as we said the last time, this is one of the best ‘stroupachs’ in London – with a cuppa, cake かつ a chat in Gaelic または English!).

同意語

• stroupan

関連する語

• stroup
• stroopie

参照

• 1999, Iseabail Macleod, Scots Thesaurus, [2]