houghmagandyn.
/hɒxməˈɡandi/, /hɒkməˈɡandi/, U.S. /ˌhɑkməˈɡændi/, Scottish English /hɒxməˈɡandɪ/ Chiefly Scottish (now rare).
Fornication.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > fornication
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a1700 J. Maidment New Bk. Old Ballads (1885) 11 And well I wot he kens the gate To play at hough-magandy.
1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xxvii, in Poems 54 An' monie jobs that day begin, May end in Houghmagandie.
1805 R. Tannahill Poems (1876) 44 The priest convenes his scandal court, Tae ken what houghmagandie sport Has been gaun on within the parish.
1962 V. Nabokov Pale Fire 212 She would have preferred him to have gone through a bit of wholesome houghmagandy with the wench.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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