Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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¶WHIGGAM, int. A call to urge a horse on (see 1724 quot. under Whiggamore). The word in this form is not otherwise attested. Scott Tales of a Grandfather xlv. uses the form whig. See Whig, v.3
