Crooked, distorted, stubborn, or bad-tempered; a rare Scottish dialect variant related to twisted or unruly behavior.
Scottish English variant combining 'cam' (crooked) with '-strary' suffix element, possibly influenced by 'cantrary' (contrary), regional dialectal form.
Scottish dialects created so many synonyms for 'crooked and stubborn' that it suggests these were personality traits people needed to describe constantly in their communities.
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