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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1712-1866, 1923
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‡BEENGE, BEINGE, BINGE, BINDGE, Benje, v.1; Beenjin, ppl.adj. To bow, to fawn, to cringe, to make low obeisance. [bindʒ, bɪndʒ, bɛndʒ]Sc. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull (1755) II. iv. 51:
I mun stand becking and binging, as I gang out and into the hall.Sc. 1724 Ramsay T.-T. Misc., Muirland Willie (1876) II. 8:
The maiden blushed, and bing'd fu' la', She had na will to say him na.Sc. 1808 Jam. (s.v. beck):
"A great deal of becking and beenging," is a phrase still used among the vulgar.Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.:
Bindge, to bow; "to beck and bindge" — to bow frequently.Abd. 1828 P. Buchan Ballads II. 213:
She beked and she benjed ben, And did him there welcome.Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 52:
The Frenchman fizz'd and first wad foot the field, While paughty Scotsman scorn'd to beenge or yield.Peb. 1805 J. Nicol Poems I. 187:
But view some blades wi' houses fine, While beenjin slaves ca' them divine.Rnf. [1788] E. Picken Poems (1813) I. 151:
War he like ony ither tyke, I'd beinge to thole yer banter.n.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 52:
Beenge. To bow; also, to cringe.
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