carritches

carritches

1. plural of carritch
2. (Scotland) A set of questions to determine one's knowledge.
   • 1986, William Donaldson, Popular literature in Victorian Scotland, page 52:

     So the garçon was ca'd in an' put through his carritches, an' the outcome o' the conference was that an assortment o' bottles, containin' divers kinds o' lickers, soon made their appearance upo' the table.

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