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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: <1700, 1700-1721, 1821-1825, 1949
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DEWG, DEUG, n. Found only in pl. = small pieces, shreds. Also deriv. dyuggins, juggins, -ans, id. (Ayr. 1896 Gl. to Galt Provost (ed. Meldrum) II. 273; Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.; 1901 J. W. Byers in North. Whig, Lecture iv.); fragments, smithereens (Arg.1 1930; Uls. 1924 W. Lutton Montiaghisms 27, juggans).Sc. 1693 G. Ridpath Answer to Presbyterian Eloquence iii. 66:
Tell them if they stur again, they shall awe be cut in Dewgs.Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems 278:
As Dewgs of Velvet, Chips of Cristal, A Facon's Bell, or Baubie Whistle.Cai.3 1949:
My claes are a' in deugs.Fif. 1825 Jam.2:
Aw in juggins, all in rags.Ayr. 1821 Galt Ayrsh. Legatees ix.:
Standing upright before the boyns on chairs, rubbin the clothes to juggins between their hands.
