Darling: New and Selected Poems Glossary

by Jackie Kay

Darling: New and Selected Poems Glossary

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Dreich

Bleak, dreary

Heidbanger

Violent, psychotic person

Teuchter

Scottish highlanders (derogatory term)

Geggie

Scottish slang for mouth

Pristine

Unblemished, spotless

Dredged

Excavated, scooped

Alabaster

Translucent form of calcite

Ghastly

Frightful, horrendous

Congregate

Assemble, collect

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