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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PUGSO, n. A hefty bullying type of person, a hectoring bruiser (Ork. 1967).Ork. c.1893 W. R. Mackintosh Peat-Fires 137:
Bewoath min, the gauger was a mein pugso o' a fellow, an' I thought 'at Tammie an' him wad been in a girdifuff on thae fluir.