geggn.
/ɡɛɡ/, U.S. /ɡɛɡ/, Scottish English /ɡɛɡ/ Scottish.
A trick, hoax, practical joke.
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1855 J. Strang Glasgow & its Clubs (1856) 401 The cabalistic term gegg signifies a practical joke.
Derivatives
gegg v. to hoax, play a trick on.
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1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxiv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 226 Sae sune as I turn the tables on you, gegg you, as they would say in Glasgow.
1855 J. Strang Glasgow & its Clubs (1856) 403 The party to be gegged would be present.
geˈggee n.
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1855 J. Strang Glasgow & its Clubs (1856) 404 The whole party including the geggee were in the highest spirits.
ˈgegger n.
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1855 J. Strang Glasgow & its Clubs (1856) 405 The geggers slipped silently behind.
ˈgeggery n.
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1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxviii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 638 The rums were looking up, the punch was pleasant, and the people given to geggery, every house hospitable.
1855 J. Strang Glasgow & its Clubs (1856) 327 That class loved fun and frolic, jest and song, geggery and gossip.
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