megstie
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English[edit]
Interjection[edit]
megstie
- (Scotland, obsolete) An expression of surprise.
- 1828, The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith, David Macbeth Moir:
- Eh, megstie ! " cried the woman, laying down the leather- cap and the tied-up parcel, and holding out both her hands in astonishment.
- 1832, Blackwood's Magazine, (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], page 649:
- Megstie me, gudeman," cried Mrs Gables, " are ye speaking of ganging o'er to the Whigs ? you that was such a desperate Tory. I'll no alloo't