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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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Noun
sgrogag f (genitive singular sgrogaig, plural sgrogagan)
- anything shrivelled and contemptible
- little old woman
- useless old timber
- stunted growing timber
- oath
- old cow or ewe
- little horn
- (Wester Ross) crumpled horn
- (Skye) mythical aquatic animal
- drinking horn
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “sgrogag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN