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HEE-HAW, n. Nothing, used in negative expressions. (Sh., Edb., Gsw., Ayr., Dmf. 2000s).wm.Sc. 1991 Bill Sutherland in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 146:
An though you think he's big and braw,
him in his Burton suit an aw,
Ah've heard he disnae gie hee-haw —
bit don't come runnin back tae me.Sc. 1996 Sunday Mail 8 Sep 61:
I still shudder when I think of the day the Newcastle stewards stood him down for hee-haw. There's just no justice.Sc. 1998 Herald 13 Jan 12:
So what happened to your knighthoods, Scottish heidies? "Sirs for sirs", they called it in Downing Street, showing admiral [sic] commitment to the principle of gender equality. Sirs south of the border may be, but sweet heehaw up here.Gsw. 1998 Herald 9 Jun 9:
However, not even they would have envisaged such an exciting affair, with the Scots desperately unlucky to finish the game with hee-haw to show for their heroic efforts against the defending world champions, ...Sc. 2000 Sunday Herald 12 Mar 8:
Shortly afterwards the midfielder was asked to sign a new contract by the man who had previously purged him. You obviously know hee-haw about fitba', Ferguson told him, in a rather more expletive-laden sentence.Sc. 2001 Daily Star 19 Jun 6:
Don't worry, Tam. You're not alone. I know hee-haw about him [St Andrew] either.Edb. 2003:
Awbodie thinks he's brainy but he kens hee-haw aboot onything.Sc. 2003 Evening Times 24 Sep 27:
With Larsson adamant he will be going, almost as adamant as Brian Quinn is that O'Neill is getting hee-haw money to spend, has a bit of sparkle gone out of the Celtic boss recently?Sc. 2004 Daily Star 24 Dec 27:
As I may have said before, David Blunkett with a balaclava on back-to-front could see that our chances of qualifying for the next World Cup are somewhere south of hee-haw. But Walter reckons we "shouldn't give up hope just yet".Sc. 2005 Daily Record 15 Jan 58:
Dundee United have made a couple of nine-hour round trips for hee-haw and so they're hardly best prepared for today's SPL clash with Hearts.