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scodgy Sc.|ˈskodʒɪ| Also 8–9 scogie, scougie, scudgie, skodge, skodgie, skudgy. [Of obscure origin.] ‘A boy or girl who cleans boots, or does the dirty work of the kitchen; a drudge’ (E.D.D.). Also attrib.
1786Har'st Rig xci, The Scogie lass does rin wil haste And bring the kale. 1850A. McGilvray Poems 208 Look after cleaning pans and tins, And all the scudgie matters. 1895P. H. Hunter Jas. Inwick x. 124 Misca'in me for a turncoat, an' a rinawa, an' scodgy to the laird. |