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Thread #166439   Message #4001946
Posted By: GUEST,Observer
25-Jul-19 - 01:45 AM
Thread Name: Scots Word: Sproose (from Corries)
Subject: RE: Scots Word: Sproose (from Corries)
Is "Sproose" the correct spelling, or is that what it sounds like?

Taking the title of the song "The Heiland House Hunter" it is more likely that the word is "spruce" which means to "tidy". Someone selling their house would "spruce" it up before anyone came to see it.

Only a suggestion as I do not know the song or the context in which the word appears.