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The Reverend Alexander Macgregor was tall and spare, oval-faced, eyed like a hawk, yet with a humorous twinkle behind his keen glances that were equally alert whether for the rising of a 'troot' or a sinner.

Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

To be fair, Dizzy, under its old format, it was full of wibblers going on and on about 'teh troot' behind 9/11.

2008 hails the death of WebCameron 2007

"Man, Dominie," he said, "I am very glad to see ye, cos the smith here has been tellin 'his usual lees aboot the ten pund troot that he nearly landed in the Kernet."

A Dominie in Doubt Alexander Sutherland Neill 1928

"I ken for mysell that the biggest troot I ever catched were in my dreams."

A Dominie in Doubt Alexander Sutherland Neill 1928

"And that's not stretchin 'the troot much, aither," he answered, fondly.

The Financier, a novel Theodore Dreiser 1908

The wife of Deeside was tried for the murder of her servant, who had infatuated the young laird, and had it not been that Jeffrey defended her she would, in the words of the song, have "hung like a troot."

Auld Licht Idyls 1898

The wife of Deeside was tried for the murder of her servant who had infatuated the young laird, and had it not been that Jeffrey defended her she would, in the words of the song, have "hung like a troot."

Auld Licht Idylls 1898

Now, kissis de Bible troot regaadin o 'how Adam face tun wite, cawdin to how it specify een John Baptiss.

The Anderson Surpriser. Written after He Was Seventy-Five Years of Age. The Author Was Born in Liberty County, Ga., on the 22d Day of February, in the Year of Our Lord, 1819, and United with the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Year 1839. This Book Contains an Account of His Florida and Northern Trip, Written by Himself, Giving Much Valuable Information of the People Among Whom He Had Been Several Months 1895

Sometimes when the corks at one part of the net went under water suddenly, one of the men would say, "There's a troot fast," but conversation did not extend beyond elementary observations like this.

The Romance of the Coast James Runciman 1871

"Here's yer troot, Mistress Cat'nach," he called aloud at her door, which generally stood a little ajar.

Malcolm George MacDonald 1864