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collieshangie
[ kol-ee-shang-ee ]
noun
- a noisy row; brawl.
Word History and Origins
Origin of collieshangie1
Example Sentences
Gin ye wush a douce body, auldfarrant and gash, Unco' waukrife and couthie and braw, Ower eydent wi' daft clishmaclavers to fash, Or to thole whigmaleeries ava; Mak's nae collieshangie wad fley a bit flee, But is siccer and dour as a stot; Tak's the scone and the kebbuck and carries the gree; Ye'll be spierin', gude faith! for a Scot.
And for His name’s sake keep yersel’ frae inordinate desires; hand your heart in baith your hands, carry it canny and laigh; dinna send it up like a bairn’s kite into the collieshangie o’ the wunds!
But there is just the one thing that I wish you would bear in view, if it was only long enough to discuss it quietly; for there is going to be a collieshangie when we two get home.
Pulling around me a sort of greatcoat I had made of my blanket, to cover my sulphur-coloured livery,—“A friend!” said I. “What like’s all this collieshangie?” said he.
I had never heard of a collieshangie in my days, but with the racket all about us in the city, I could have no doubt as to the man’s meaning.
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