It's a word I use quite a lot. I used it yesterday and someone - a "blog reader" as it happens - asked me what it meant.
So, here's a helpful definition from Chambers's Scots Dictionary.
Heckle-pins, n. the teeth of a 'heckle'.
As in, "Ah'm oan hecklepins waiting fur mu results frae the doactur."
Or, "Ah'm oan hecklepins till ma gas bill arrives, ah'm fair puggled wi' it ye ken."
Hope that helps!
It might help to know the definition of 'heckle'.
Heckle, n. a sharp pin; a hackle, a comb with steel teeth for dressing flax and hemp; a thorn in one's side - v. to dress flax with a 'heckle'; to cross-question a candidate for parliamentary or municipal honours at a public meeting; to examine searchingly; to scold severely; to tease, provoke.
Find these on p. 256 of Chambers's Scots Dictionary, 1959 reprint of the 1911 edition.
As hecklepins is quite a well-known 'wurd', I'll give another couple, which I've certainly never heard of never mind used. And can I reiterate - I do NOT make these up.
Fisty, n. a left-handed person
Fissle-fisslin', n. a faint rustling sound.
Both can be found on p. 175, ibid.
