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sionnach commented on the word haggersnash
A person who is full of spite.
January 28, 2008
sonofgroucho commented on the word haggersnash
Where does this come from?
January 28, 2008
sionnach commented on the word haggersnash
of Scottish origin, see e.g. the 'Worthless Word for the Day' site:
http://home.comcast.net/~wwftd/ghi.htm#haggersnash
Also in the grandiloquent dictionary online:
http://www.islandnet.com/~egbird/dict/words.pdf
(page 42 of the pdf version; the HTM version is not as expansive)
January 28, 2008
sonofgroucho commented on the word haggersnash
Thanks, sionnach! These are fascinating links!
January 28, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word haggersnash
Also applied adjectivally to describe tart language.
In the Buchan dialect, haggersnash denotes offal.
--Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.
June 15, 2011