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It's been by ordinar' at Drumtochty Free Kirk laist Sabbath nicht, and Drumsheugh 'ill no move till he hears the end o't And as soon as the Muirtown train had removed all strangers, that worthy man opened the campaign What kin' o' collieshangie (disturbance) is this ye've been carryin' on, Hillocks?

—Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush

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A noisy quarrel or dispute; a confused uproar. How the collieshangie works Atween the Russians and the Turks. Burns. Patting her husband on the shoulder, she bade him sit down for a “hard-headed loon, that was aye bringing himsell and other folk into collie-shangies.” Scott, Guy Mannering, xxiv.

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It's been by ordinar' at Drumtochty Free Kirk laist Sabbath nicht, and Drumsheugh 'ill no move till he hears the end o't And as soon as the Muirtown train had removed all strangers, that worthy man opened the campaign What kin' o' collieshangie (disturbance) is this ye've been carryin' on, Hillocks? — Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush
"Gentlemen, I'm all for making an end to this collieshangie. — A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45
"There's nae doot they're gey and chief got sin! he cam 'back, and she foun' oot wha created the collieshangie." — Doom Castle
Or how the collieshangie works — The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham
Forbes in ilka minute, and I was feared for a collieshangie (outbreak) atween ye. " — Alec Forbes of Howglen