or skulduggery, subs. (old).—Bawdry; also as adj.
1713. CENTLIVRE, The Wonder, iii. 3. Gibby. Ay! This is bony Wark indeed, to run three hundred Mile to this wicked Town, and before I can weel fill my Weem, to be sent a Whore-hunting after this black shee Devil!… there’s na sike honest People here, or there wou’d na be sa muckle SCULDUDRIE.
1818. SCOTT, The Heart of Mid-lothian, xvi. Can find out naething but a wee bit SCULDUDDERY.
1890. Scots Observer, 23 Aug., 346. Living in a state of liquor and SKULDUDDERY.
