"tushker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtʌʃkə(ɹ)/ Forms: tushkers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tushker (plural tushkers)
  1. Alternative form of tusker (“peat-cutting tool”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tusker (extra: peat-cutting tool) Categories (topical): Tools

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          "text": "1950, British Council, University of Aberdeen, The Viking Congress: Lerwick, July 1950, Issue 132, page 110,\n[…] neighbour's and measure the distance of his own by throwing his tushker or peat spade."
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          "text": "1975, School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh University, Tocher: Tales, Songs, Tradition, Issues 17-23; Issues 25-29, page 38,\nI mind [my father] tellin me a story: he wis a young fellow, and he was playin wi a tushker in the burn, cuttin peats, an they were an old man 'at cam up."
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          "ref": "2014, Marsali Taylor, Death on a Longship, unnumbered page",
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