Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SHIFFLE-SHAFFLE, v. To shuffle, to walk in a flat-footed manner. Rare.Sc. 1829 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 175:
Nane o' your plain soles that gang shiffle-shaffling amang the chuckystanes.
