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smout

/ smaʊt /

noun

  1. a variant of smolt
  2. a child or undersized person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of smout1

C16: a variant of smolt
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Example Sentences

Smout, smowt, n. (slang) a printer who gets chance jobs in various offices.

I'm shair it must be a hard job for the auld man, her paw, to provide diversions for the puir wee smout.

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