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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1837

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SHALLIVOGUE, v. Also sallivoogue (Rxb. c.1870 in Watson W.-B. 258, in a somewhat different version of the same story). To roam about, to wander at will, phs. to caper or gambol.s.Sc. 1837 Crawfurd MSS. XI. 304:
Thae lassies loot oot the kye to shallivogue a bit.

[Orig. uncertain. The word is recorded as nonce and peculiar. It may be simply some perversion of sally forth, with phs. some obscure formal influence from Sallivocus. Cf. also stravog sv. Stravaig.]

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