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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BOGIE², BOGIE-ROWE, BOGEY ROLL, n. A coarse, black tobacco of a certain gauge, first manufactured about 1830 in Keith, the name being taken from the River Bogie. Compared with Lurgan, Scotch and Irish, Bogie was a thinner, longer twist, but thicker than Mid and Fine.Sc. 2000 Herald 24 Oct 19:
In another minute, you feel, you will collide with Maw Broon; or Gran'paw will float past in a cloud of Bogey Roll.Sh.(D) 1901 T. P. Ollason Mareel (1909) 21:
An' wi' a fill o' bogie rowe, Firget my troubles dere.Bnff.(D) 1927 E. S. Rae Hanselfae Hame 5:
When surly storm win's shoud the trees, Ye feuch your bogie, streeked at ease.Abd.(D) 1917 C. Murray A Sough o' War (1918) 25:
I full my pipe wi' bogie-rowe, an' birze the dottle doon, Syne snicher, as I crack the spunk, to think hoo things come roon.Abd. 1988 Jack Webster Another Grain of Truth (1989) 25:
...the warm aroma of the Bogie Roll which came yoaming from their Steenhive pipes to mingle with cattle breath and turn the atmostphere of the sale-ring into a steaming, blue-grey concoction.Dundee 1987 Norman Lynn Row Laddie Sixty Years On 18:
'It was fairly easy to cut doon on baccy, but gaein' fae Bogie Roll ti Bugger-all, that wis the killer'.Lnk. 1928 H. Lauder Roamin' in the Gloamin' 48:
Bogey roll, the only tobacco with a sufficient kick in it.