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COCKIE-DANDIE, n. comb. “A bantam cock; used .fig. of a pert, forward youngster” (Kcb. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl.). Not known to our correspondents.Gall. 1900 R. J. Muir Mystery of Muncraig vii.:
For sic a cockie-dandie fleein' in the face o' Providence.
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