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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DRODDUM, n. Also drodum. The posteriors (Bnff.², Abd.² 1940; Ags. 1950). Also in n.Cy. dial. Often in phrs. to dress someone's droddum, to give someone a thrashing, to punish someone, to drim the droddum o', id., see Drim, v.²Sc. 1891 R. Ford Thistledown 230:
Sae [I] just dressed his drodrum [sic] when I had the chance.Bch. 1832 W. Scott Poems 77:
Lat's hae a dabach at their drodums yet.Per. 1904 R. Ford Hum. Sc. Stories 39:
Man, that's capidocius. Ye dressed his droddum that time, Willie.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 27:
Up, up, and gie the Pape a jerk, And in his droddum clap the dirk O' reformation richt.Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 164:
But still wi' manly front, Thro' drodum-skelpin' scaur an' waur, Be aye brizzing yont.Ayr. 1786 Burns To a Louse v.:
I'd gie you sic a hearty dose o't, Wad dress your droddum!Kcb. 1896 S. R. Crockett Cleg Kelly xviii.:
When they saw him “dressing the droddums” of the youth of the . . . Gang.