shuggie-shuen.
/ˈʃʊɡɪʃuː/, U.S. /ˈʃʊɡiˌʃu/, Scottish English /ˈʃuɡɪʃu/, Irish English /ˈʃʊɡiʃuː/ Scottish, Irish English, and northern.
The pastime of swinging; a swing (esp. at a fair), hence jocularly the gallows; also a see-saw.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun]
swinging1610
shuggie-shue1653
bilboquet1743
kite-flying1804
cup and ball1836
kittly-benders1854
cakewalk1863
mudlarking1888
pogo1921
pogoing1921
yo-yo1932
waterball1950
laugher1973
karaoke1977
bouncy castle1986
paintball1987
bouncing castle1988
paintballing1989
zorbing1996
society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > swing > [noun]
tottera1387
merry-totter1440
shuggie-shue1653
swinger1662
swing1687
high-flyer1886
swing set1951
society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows
gallowsOE
gallows-treea1000
warytre?a1200
gibbet?c1225
gallow-forka1250
forkc1275
juisec1320
forchesc1380
crossa1382
treec1425
patible1428
justice1484
potencec1500
haltera1533
turning-tree1548
potentc1550
three treesa1566
chates1567
mare1568
furel1587
bough1590
gibe1590
derrickc1600
hangrella1605
cross-tree1638
Gregorian tree1641
wooden horse1642
timber-marec1650
triple tree1651
furca1653
nubbing1673
a horse that was foaled of an acorn1678
nub1699
Tyburn tree1728
raven-stone1738
picture frame1785
crap1789
lamp-iron1790
Moll Blood1818
stifler1818
scragging-post1819
government signposta1828
leafless tree1830
shuggie-shue1836
doom-tree1837
stob1860–62
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxii. 96 There he played..at swaggie, waggie or shoggieshou [Fr. a la brandelle].
1836 W. Carleton Fardorougha xvi You'd a' got a touch of the Shuggy Shoe. Note Gallows.
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shuggy-shue v. intransitive to sway about. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.)
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