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shanish, shannish, shaness interjection an exclamation of panic denoting a bad deed, a bad situation: Shannes, shannes, we’re sure to be quodit [This is not a good sitution, we’re in trouble and will surely be put in jail.] 20-. etymology: WG suggests this sound very like Gaelic Seo a-nis here now!’; shaness attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies; form shannish collected by SR and JS note:

Canadian Paul Pope (2013) cites a form of exclamation as ‘shannis to rusty’.