Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1889, 2000
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SNIG, n.1 A petty theft, a swindle, a piece of cheating. Vbl. deriv. sniggert, n., a cheat, a swindler (Ayr. 1825 Jam.), also attrib.Lnk. 1889 A. MacLachlan Songs 130:
Their shufflin shifts, their jugglin jigs, To cheat tradesmen; Witness the low, mean, sniggert snigs O' some we ken.Ayr. 2000:
He tuik a snig aff his wage.
