Gegg

//ɡɛɡ// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A trick or hoax. Scotland, archaic

    "Its meetings have long ceased, and it is only fair to hope that there be none of the young and gay spirits of Glasgow eager to revive so palpable a gegg as the one we have just recorded, […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To trick or hoax. Scotland, archaic, transitive
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Example

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"Its meetings have long ceased, and it is only fair to hope that there be none of the young and gay spirits of Glasgow eager to revive so palpable a gegg as the one we have just recorded, […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from South German Gegg, a variant of Geck.

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