Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
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PEG. Also dim. forms Peggie, Peggy (Sc. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Shep. i. ii.; Ayr. 1779 Burns Montgomerie's Peggy i.; Sc. 1815 Scott Guy M. xl.; Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson; Rxb. 1942 Zai; Gen.Sc.), pet forms of Margaret, now gen., though not orig., associated with Sc. (Sc. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in Works (Aitken 1891) 233; Ayr. 1790 Burns Elegy on Peg Nicholson i.).
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