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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

PEG. Also dim. forms Peggie, Peggy (Sc. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Shep. i. ii.; Ayr. 1779 Burns Montgomerie's Peggy i.; Sc. 1815 Scott Guy M. xl.; Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson; Rxb. 1942 Zai; Gen.Sc.), pet forms of Margaret, now gen., though not orig., associated with Sc. (Sc. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in Works (Aitken 1891) 233; Ayr. 1790 Burns Elegy on Peg Nicholson i.).

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