ˈshuggie-ˌshue, n. Sc., Ir., and north.
Also 7, 9 shoggie-shou, -show, 9 shuggy shoe, -shew, -shoo, -shaw.
[Cf. shog v. and shue n. and v.]
The pastime of swinging; a swing (esp. at a fair), hence jocularly the gallows; also a see-saw. Hence shuggy-shue v. intr. to sway about. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.)
| 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i. xxii. 96 There he played..at swaggie, waggie or shoggieshou [F. a la brandelle]. 1836 W. Carleton Fardorougha xvi, You'd a' got a touch of the Shuggy Shoe. Note Gallows. |