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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

PANSHIT, n. Also pan(g)shite, pansjad; panshine, p(r)unsheon (Lth. a.1838 Jam., MSS. X. 249). A flurry, to-do, state of excitement, panic or muddle (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), pansjad; Abd. 1921 T.S.D.C., pangshite, Sh., Ork. (panshite), ne.Sc. (panshine), 1965), gen. in phr. to be in a panshit.Rxb. a.1838 Jam. MSS. X. 251:
He's in ane of his prunsheons now.

[Etym. obscure. Eng. dial. has the forms pansheet, -shite (Nhb., Yks.), panshard (Hmp., Wil., Som.), a state of excitement or rage, poss. connected with panshard, a potsherd, and the practice of breaking and throwing these in large quantities into houses on Shrove Tuesday in the West of England.]

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