whigmaleery

• I met ane very honest, fair-spoken, weel-put-on gentleman, or rather burgher, as I think, that was in the whigmaleery man's back-shop; and when he learned wha I was, behold he was a kindly Scot himsell, and, what is more, a town's-bairn o 'the gude town, and he behoved to compel me to take this Portugal piece, to drink, forsooth -- my certie, thought I, we ken better, for we will eat it -- and he spoke of paying your lordship a visit. " —  The Fortunes of Nigel
• Always there is something put for her into the Tower, as they call it, whilk is a whigmaleery of a whirling-box, that turns round half on the tae side —  The Fortunes of Nigel

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