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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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SUGG, n.1, v.1 Also sug. Dims. suggie, suggle. [sʌg]
I. n. 1. A fat, easy-going person (n.Sc. 1808 Jam., suggie; Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 269; Ork., ne.Sc. 1971), esp. of women or children (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 186). Occas. also of animals. Adj. suggy, fat and easy going (Wilson).Dmf. c.1800 D. A. Wilson Carlyle till Marriage (1923) 27:
Thou muckle suggle, thou couldest never catch ony eels.Fif. 1805 J. Fleming Poems 15:
To you I winna len my lugs, Ye rank amon' the lazy sugs.Gregor:
Sic a gueede sugg o' a bairn.Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains & Hilly 59:
Foo's the young horse deein? Its mither wis a gweed, quaet sug.
II. v. To move in a slow, lumbering, waddling fashion, like a fat person (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Ork. 1929 Marw.).
[Prob. of Scand. orig. Cf. Norw. dial. sugg, a slovenly, lazy person, a big stout man, sugga, to go slowly or laboriously.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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