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Scotch hands

Scotch hands noun: butter beaters; large wooden spatulas used when making butter, made out of sycamore wood, or metal, used for shaping the butter into bricks and for other miscellaneous manipulation. One side of the paddle will have ribs or be fluted.

scotch hands: butter beaters; large wooden spatulas used when making butter, made out of sycamore wood, or metal,...
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Noun

Scotch hands pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Butter beaters; large wooden spatulas used when making butter, made out of sycamore wood, or metal, used for shaping the butter into bricks and for other miscellaneous manipulation. One side of the paddle will have ribs or be fluted.

Questions about Scotch hands

What does Scotch hands mean?
Scotch hands means butter beaters; large wooden spatulas used when making butter, made out of sycamore wood, or metal, used for shaping the butter into bricks and for other miscellaneous manipulation. One side of the paddle will have ribs or be fluted.
What part of speech is Scotch hands?
Scotch hands is a noun.

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