'strue
(struː)
schoolboy's abbrev. of construe v. and n.
| 1903 Farmer & Henley Slang VII. 14/2 Strue, verb, (schools'), ‘construe’. 1906 D. Coke Bending of Twig viii. 122 But mind, you've promised to sap out the 'strues, and 'strue them to me. Ibid. 125 Russell..made Lycidas extend his 'struing services to six more mornings' work. |