{"id":12601,"date":"2016-07-12T18:04:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T17:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/blog\/?p=12601"},"modified":"2016-07-12T18:04:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T17:04:38","slug":"pauchle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=12601","title":{"rendered":"Pauchle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I came across an interesting Scots word yesterday &#8211; <strong>pauchle<\/strong> [\u02c8p(j)\u0251xl] &#8211; which I needed to look up, although from the context you can get an idea of its meaning: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>They\u2019re hoping that they can pauchle the party rule book in order to insist that Corbyn must gain the support of at least 51 of the party\u2019s Westminster and EU parliamentary contingent in order to stand again in a leadership contest. [from <a href=\"https:\/\/weegingerdug.wordpress.com\/2016\/07\/11\/the-eagle-is-stranded\/\">Wee Ginger Dug<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to my Scots dictionary it means:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Pauchle<\/strong> (1) <em>noun<\/em><br \/>\n1. a bundle, small load (of goods); the personal belongings of someone in service and living away from home, (usually) kept in a trunk<br \/>\n2. a small bundle or parcel of something; a quantity of something; a small quantity of something taken by an employee from his employer, either furtively or as a perquisite*<br \/>\n3. a packet (of letters)<br \/>\n4. a swindle, a piece <\/p>\n<p><strong>Pauchle<\/strong> (1) <em>verb<\/em><br \/>\n1. to be guilty of a minor dishonesty, cheat; rig (an election)<br \/>\n2. to steal, embezzle, pocket<br \/>\n3. to shuffle (playing cards)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Pauchle<\/strong> (2) <em>verb<\/em><br \/>\n1. to move feebly but persistently, shuffle, hobble, struggle along (pauchle alang, awa, on)<br \/>\n2. to struggle, strive, expend effort and energy<br \/>\n3. to work ineffectually, bungle, potter<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you are <strong>in a pauchle<\/strong>, you are in a chaotic or disorganized state, or behind with your work.<\/p>\n<p>It is probably of onomatopoeic origin.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dsl.ac.uk\/entry\/snd\/pauchle_n1_v1\">http:\/\/www.dsl.ac.uk\/entry\/snd\/pauchle_n1_v1<\/a><br \/>\nand <a href=\"http:\/\/caledonianmercury.com\/2010\/04\/23\/useful-scots-word-pauchle\/006074\">http:\/\/caledonianmercury.com\/2010\/04\/23\/useful-scots-word-pauchle\/006074<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So it looks like quite a useful word. Are there other words for a little something you take from your employer?<\/p>\n<p>*A perquisite is &#8220;a benefit which one enjoys or is entitled to on account of one&#8217;s job or position&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&#038;ion=1&#038;espv=2&#038;ie=UTF-8#q=perquisite+meaning\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across an interesting Scots word yesterday &#8211; pauchle [\u02c8p(j)\u0251xl] &#8211; which I needed to look up, although from the context you can get an idea of its meaning: They\u2019re hoping that they can pauchle the party rule book in order to insist that Corbyn must gain the support of at least 51 of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,10,55,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-language","category-scots","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}