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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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shukar davies
noun
1
in greetings
good day!
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2
a day of pleasant, warm weather
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etymology:
shukar
‘good, great, grand’ +
davies
‘day’; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies
note:
Grellmann (1787) collected the form
Shukkerben
‘Beauty’ from Continental gipsies.