Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1790
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¶SCUSHY, n. A cant term for money , cash.Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 35, 245:
Wi' what a waefu' frown, He drew lang craig, and tauld the scushy down . . . [If] Mischance should wear their scushy dane.
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