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collieshangie Sc.|kɒlɪˈʃæŋɪ|
Also culleshangee, cullishang, colly-shangie, -gy.
[Connexion with Gael. callaidh ‘wrangling, outcry’, has been suggested; also, that the first part is collie sheep-dog, and that the original sense was either a noisy quarrel of dogs, or the racket made by a dog when a ‘shangie’ or encumbrance is tied to his tail; but historical evidence is wanting.]
Noisy quarrel, ‘row’, uproar; confused fight.
a1745W. Meston Poems (1767) 115 (Jam.) Macbane and Donald did quarrel, And in a culleshangee landed. 1768Ross Helenore 85 (Jam.) The collyshangy raise to sick a height. 1790Burns ‘Kind Sir, I've read, etc.’ (Globe) 110 How the collieshangie works Atween the Russians and the Turks. 1805A. Scott Poems 93 (Jam.) Cullishangs 'tween man and wife Happen whyles for want o' siller. 1815Scott Guy M. xxiv, A hard-headed loon, that was aye bringing himself and other folk into collie-shangies. 1884Queen Victoria More Leaves 139 Sharp going with us and having occasional ‘collie-shangies’ with collies when we came near cottages. |