stroupach

English

Etymology

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Noun

stroupach (plural 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”, in Herald Scotland‎^[1]:

     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^[2]:

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

Synonyms

• stroupan

Related terms

• stroup
• stroopie

References

• Iseabail Macleod (1999) Scots Thesaurus‎^[3]