collie-shangies

Oh, sirs! sirs! this is becomin 'the throng hoose, wi' comin's and goin's and raps and roars and collie-shangies o 'a' kin's.

Doom Castle Neil Munro

She therefore glanced at a tablecloth, not quite clean, and conned over her proposed supper a minute or two, before, patting her husband on the shoulder, she bade him sit down for ‘a hard-headed loon that was ay bringing himself and other folk into collie-shangies.

Chapter XXIV 1917

She therefore glanced at a table-cloth not quite clean, and conned over her proposed supper a minute or two, before, patting her husband on the shoulder, she bade him sit down for ‘a hard-headed loon, that was aye bringing himsell and other folk into collie-shangies.’

Guy Mannering 1815

She therefore glanced at a table-cloth not quite clean, and conned over her proposed supper a minute or two, before, patting her husband on the shoulder, she bade him sit down for 'a hard-headed loon, that was aye bringing himsell and other folk into collie-shangies. '

Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801

She therefore glanced at a table-cloth not quite clean, and conned over her proposed supper a minute or two, before, patting her husband on the shoulder, she bade him sit down for 'a hard-headed loon, that was aye bringing himsell and other folk into collie-shangies. '

Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801

She therefore glanced at a table-cloth not quite clean, and conned over her proposed supper a minute or two, before, patting her husband on the shoulder, she bade him sit down for 'a hard-headed loon, that was aye bringing himsell and other folk into collie-shangies. '

Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801