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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BIGGONET, Bigonet, n. “A linen cap or coif” (Abd. 1790 A. Shirreffs Gloss.). Often used in pl.Sc. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Shepherd Act I. Scene ii. in Poems (1728):
Good Humour and white Bigonets shall be Guards to my Face, to keep his Love for me.Sc. 1771 W. J. Mickle There's nae Luck aboot the Hoose vii.:
Bring down to me my bigonet, My bishop-satin gown.Sc. 1819 Scott Bride of Lamm. xiii.:
The young gudewife, strong in the charms of her Sunday gown and biggonets.Rnf. 1836 R. Allan Poems and Songs 121:
He brings me hame a bigonet An' pearlings nice an' rare.