soor
English
Noun
soor (plural soors)
- (Anglo-Indian, obsolete, derogatory) A pig; a worthless person.
- 1914, Edgar Wallace, Smithy:
- […] Bill was a wonderful instructor.
"'Mark time on that blanky clutch,' he'd yell, and Spud would put his foot on the brake-pedal.
"'The other foot, you soor,' Bill'd shout, he 'avin' been in India with the other battalion.
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German sôr, from Old Saxon *sōr, from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz. More at sear.
Middle English
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