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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1804
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¶WIGGIE, n. A soubriquet for the Devil.Abd. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 64:
The ploughmen louns Cock up their bonnets on their crowns, An' dreel their cares to Wiggie, Clean aff that night.
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