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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
SHOOKIE, n. The Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus (Sc. 1905 A. R. Forbes Gaelic Names 332).
[Poss. an I.Sc. and Cai. form of chuckie s.v. Chuck, n.1, a chicken. Cf. Eng. Mother Carey's chicken for the stormy petrel, of the same genus. See Skoskie.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Shookie n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/shookie>
