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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†GATE-GANGER, n. comb. Lit. = road-goer, hence a pedestrian; a travelling hawker, a tramp.Sc.(E) 1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms lxxx. 12:
Whatfor hae ye dang down her dykins that ilka gate-ganger can rive her awa.Abd. 1915 H. Beaton Back o' Benachie 59:
The packman . . . counted himself a gentleman, brooking no comparison with the “clanjamfrie” of other “gate-gangers.”

[Gate, n., 1. (1) + Ganger, n., 2.]

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