‖ scuˈllogue Obs.
[Irish sgológ: cf. scallag, scoloc.]
An Irish farm labourer.
| 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue i. (1666) 5 The [Irish] Rebels..met with my Mother, attended by two Scullogues, her menial servants. 1681 T. Dineley in Jrnl. Kilkenny Archæol. Soc. (1858) I. 176 The scullogues, in digging for turfe, find large whole trees of oake, elme and firr. 1690 Mackenzie Siege London-Derry 1/1 For his Army here could not bear it, to see themselves out-rivall'd by a Crew of Scullogues in their Prince's Favour. |