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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1828
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BANNYS, n.pl. In phr. "to box over the bannys," to punish, beat, utterly overcome, "do for."Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) xxiii.:
I'll box any three of ye, over the bannys, for half-a-mutchkin.
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