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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
‡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.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Suggie n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 5 Apr 2026 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/suggie>
