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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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BONNETER, n. A player armed with a bonnet in the game of het rows and butter baiks (see Het, adj., 2. (4)).Ags. 1894 J. Inglis Oor Ain Folk 111:
All those that had been banished to the outposts came rushing in, attempting to touch number one, who was surrounded by his legion of bonneters, who smacked and thrashed the invaders. When the ‘draiglers’, as the invading party were called, had touched number one, they in turn became the defending party.