noun General Slang

futret

· noun · scottish

Doric for a weasel — or a sleekit wee person.

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Definitions

1

A weasel or stoat in Doric. The literal animal — small, quick, sharp-toothed thing you'd see darting across a north-east field.

“There's a futret in amongst the neeps again.”
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By extension, a sleekit or sly person. Someone small, sharp-featured, and not entirely to be trusted.

“Dinna tell him onything, he's a richt wee futret.”
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futret In A Sentence

There's a futret in amongst the neeps again.
Dinna tell him onything, he's a richt wee futret.

Origin & Usage

From Scots 'whitrat' / 'whitrick', ultimately 'white rat'.

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