scug - What does it mean?

Noun

(en-noun)

(Scottish) shade, shadow.

(Scottish) a shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill).

(dated|slang) A lower-school or inferior boy.

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|year=1881 |author=C. E. Pascoe |title=Everyday Life in our Public Schools |chapter= |url= |isbn= |page=312 |passage= Scug , Et[on]. Har[row]. Negatively, a boy who is not distinguished in person, in games, or social qualities. Positively, a boy of untidy, dirty, or ill-mannered habits; one whose sense of propriety is not fully developed.}}

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|year=1969 |author=Ralph G. Martin |title=Jennie: the Life of Lady Randolph Churchill: The romantic years, 1854-1895 |publisher=Prentice-Hall |url= |isbn= |page=54 |passage=A scug' was an untidy, ill-mannered , and morally undeveloped boy, a shirker at games, bumptious and arrogant. If not naturally vicious, a ' scug was considered degenerate.}}