Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1910-1934, 1996
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BIGSIE, BIGS(E)Y, adj. Proud, conceited.Ork. 1934 E. Linklater Magnus Merriman 313:
My mercy! Mansie's far to [sic] bigsy nowadays to marry a lass from here about!Bnff.(D) 1924 "Knoweheid" in Swatches o' Hamespun 8:
She widna be Burnie's dother gin she got bigsey.Abd.13 1910:
A bigsy vratch. A proud person whom you can't like.Abd. 1996 Sheena Middleton in Sandy Stronach New Wirds: An Anthology of Winning Poems and Stories from the Doric Writing Competitions of 1994 and 1995 29:
Her wirds daunced doon the waves like bricht bubbles, as she argyed wi the bigsie salmon.Bch. 1926 J. Will in Bch. Field Club XIII. i. 10:
Boggie was a consequential, "bigsie bodie," and he had just been elected to the school board.
