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.
| 1786 Har'st Rig xci, The Scogie lass does rin wil haste And bring the kale. 1850 A. M{supc}Gilvray Poems 208 Look after cleaning pans and tins, And all the scudgie matters. 1895 P. H. Hunter Jas. Inwick x. 124 Misca'in me for a turncoat, an' a rinawa, an' scodgy to the laird. |