Meaning of scug | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Shade, shadow.
   Northern-England, Scotland
2. A shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill).
   Northern-England, Scotland
3. A squirrel.
   dialectal
4. A lower-school or inferior boy.
   dated, slang

Examples

“We was jickering along […] under the scug o' the hill.”

“"Let's go scug-hunting" is a common phrase. […] a stick with a leaden head, used for knocking down birds and scugs (squirrels).”

“[…] before the lower school scugs got there, and pitched it in at Acropolis.”

“Scug, Et[on]. Har[row]. Negatively, a boy who is not distinguished in person, in games, or social qualities. Positively, a boy of untidy, dirty, or ill-mannered habits; one whose sense of propriety is not fully developed.”

“A scug was an untidy, ill-mannered, and morally undeveloped boy, a shirker at games, bumptious and arrogant. If not naturally vicious, a scug was considered degenerate.”

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