A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Schoggy-shou,) Shoggy-shou, n. (The second element is Schow n.1 Cf. later Sc. shuggie-shew (1726), -show, shoggy-shoo, etc., ‘the game of see-saw’ (SND, s.v. Shog n. 3 (2)). Cf. also Schogg v.) —Urquhart Rabelais (Gargantua) I xxii.
At swaggy, waggy, or shoggy-shou
