Lexicographical Neighbors of Scugs
Literary usage of Scugs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"... sb. a stick with a leaden head, used for knocking down birds and scugs (squirrels).
N. and Q. 1st Ser. x. 400. ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1854)
"... a stick with a leaden head, used for knocking down birds and squirrels (scugs).
Sheening, working by task-work at a machine. ..."
3. The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à by Charles à Court Repington (1920)
"Byng says that he himself was the stupidest boy at Eton till Rawly arrived, when
the latter was in a class by himself. They were scugs, and Plumer a ..."
4. The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à by Charles à Court Repington (1920)
"Byng says that he himself was the stupidest boy at Eton till Rawly arrived, when
the latter was in a class by himself. They were scugs, and Plumer a ..."
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