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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1786-1827
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†HOG-SHOUTHER, v. To push or jostle with the shoulder, shove about (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Ppl.adj. hog-showtherin', pushing, jostling.Ayr. 1786 Burns To W. Simpson xvi.:
Hog-shouther, jundie, stretch an' strive.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 203:
A howdle o' hog-showtherin' freirs.
Hence used as a n. as the name of a game in which the players jostle one another (Ayr. 1787 Burns Poems Gl.).
[Appar. coined by Burns from Hog, n.1, sc. jostling, butting like young sheep. ]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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