Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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‡SUGGIE, n. Also sugga, ‡sogga (Jak.). A young sow (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.; Sh. a.1873 Jak. (1928)): †a call-word to a sow (Sh. 1971). [′sʌgi]
[Norw. dial. sugga, id. The n.Sc. attribution of Jam. is difficult to explain and is phs. due to a mistake.]
