1 a prostitute: Shan gurie, dinnae mang tae the shan gurie. [Do not speak to the prostitute.] 20-.
2 a bad boy 19. Compare shan dilly etymology: Cant shan ‘bad’ + guri ‘girl’; attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies and DW; sense 2 collected by Rev John Baird from Kirk Yetholm Gypsies