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houghmagandy Chiefly Sc. (now rare).|hɒxməˈgændɪ|
Also hochmagandy, houghmagandie.
[Fanciful formation, perh. f. hough n. + canty a.]
Fornication.
a1700J. Maidment New Bk. Old Ballads (1885) 11 And well I wot he kens the gate To play at hough-magandy. 1785Burns Holy Fair in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 137 An' monie jobs that day begin, May end in Houghmagandie. 1805R. Tannahill Poems (1876) 44 The priest convenes his scandal court, Tae ken what houghmagandie sport Has been gaun on within the parish. 1962V. Nabokov Pale Fire 212 She would have preferred him to have gone through a bit of wholesome houghmagandy with the wench. |