SCRUPLE(S)
NOUNS
► AUNTER a pretense, needless scruple, excuse, hesitation → 1703 Eng. dial.
► BOGGLE a fright, fear, scruple → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► GRUTCH ‘murmuring’ of the conscience; uneasiness or disturbance of mind; scruple, doubt, misgiving → 1509 obs.
► MOTT THE HOOPLE a scruple → 2004 UK rhyming sl.
► SAUNTER a foolish scruple, an excuse, a shilly-shally → 1837 Sc.
► WHIPPER-TOOTIES silly scruples about doing anything; groundless excuses for not trying to do something; frivolous difficulties → 1808 Sc.
VERBS
► BALLANCE to hesitate, to scruple → 1715 Sc.
► DOUBT to hesitate, to scruple, to delay → 1483 obs.
► MAKE DOUBT to hesitate, to scruple → 1586 obs.
► MAKE NO KNOBS to act immediately, to resist one’s scruples → L17 sl.
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