Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SHRUG, n. Also shrugg. Sc. †usage: a spasm, convulsive movement of the body.Sc. 1713 R. Wodrow Corresp. (1842) I. 448:
The Lord Advocate died, in the very act of blessing his children, without any shruggs of death.
