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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1901
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GEG, n.1, v.1 [gɛg]
I. n. A hook for catching fisb, used by poachers (s.Sc. 1954). Freq. in phr. a set o' gegs.Rxb. 1901 R. Murray Hawick Char. 10:
They poach . . . Wi' their nets and their leisters, their bowats and gegs.
II. v. To poach a fish by means of a geg.Rxb. 1901 R. Murray Hawick Char. 10:
He dreamed he was geggin' a fish off the redd.
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