Have you got "spagged" in print?

Posted by Word Camel May 15, 2002In reply to Not in OED posted by DGW on May 14, 2002

Has anyone come across this phrase - may be derived from Welsh/Gaelic. My recolection was it meant to be scrammed or scratched by a cat. Spag/Spagged

The Oxford English Dictionary (1st ed.) has no "spag."

"Concise Scots Dictionary" shows "spag" = "paw, hand, foot", from Gaelic "spag" = "claw, paw, (animal's) foot". No verb like "claw" listed, but it seems likely related.

You should send it to the OED. I'm sure they'd be pleased to have it.