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First published 2005 (SND, online supplement).
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SHUGE, adj. Sc. form of Eng. huge.Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 62:
shuge A local version of huge: 'Mammy, there a shuge big motor stoapt ootside.'Edb. 1993:
Big and shuge expenses.Ags. 1994 Jan Natanson in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 109:
A mean, he is goin places. He's even got a great big...shuge great...great big shuge enormous... VOCABULARY!
