collie-shangie
/ˈkɒliˌʃɑŋi/
collie-shangie noun: a loud quarrelsome fight.
Noun
collie-shangie (plural collie-shangies)
- A loud quarrelsome fight.
- She therefore glanced at a table-cloth not quite clean, and conned over her proposed supper a minute or two, before, patting her husband on the shoulder, she bade him sit down for "a hard-headed loon, that was aye bringing himsell and other folk into collie-shangies."1819, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, page 30
- But though the weaver tried to dance all desire of mischief down, and manfully vowed that he would make vengeance the work of another day, such seemed not the pleasure of the less philosophic spirits of the company. They had counted on a collie-shangie, and resolved to have one.1841 April, “Rustic Controversies - The Penny Wedding”, in Fraser's Magazine, volume 24, page 456
Forms of collie-shangie
| plural | collie-shangies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | collieshangie |
Origin of collie-shangie
From Scots collie-shangie, from collie (“a breed of dog”), and shangie (“an object tied to a dog's tail”). The frustration of having a shangie attached made the highly energetic collies irritable and likely to fight.
Questions about collie-shangie
- What does collie-shangie mean?
- Collie-shangie means a loud quarrelsome fight.
- What part of speech is collie-shangie?
- Collie-shangie is a noun.
- How do you pronounce collie-shangie?
- Collie-shangie is pronounced /ˈkɒliˌʃɑŋi/.
- What is the plural of collie-shangie?
- The plural of collie-shangie is collie-shangies.
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