Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SHUFFLE, v.2 Also shifel. Sc. forms and usages. Comb. shuffle-the-brogue, the game of hunt-the-slipper, prob. orig. a borrowing from Ir. See also Brogue. n.1 [n.Sc. ʃɪfl]Kcb. 1898 A. B. Gomme. Games II. 454:
One of the players takes a small object, and hands it from one to another under the legs from behind. The players as they pass the brogue repeat the words — “Shuffle the brogue once, Shuffle the brogue twice, Shuffle the brogue thrice.” . . . One player who is blindfolded has to catch it as it is passing along.
