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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DAINTESS, DENTICE, Daintice, Daintis, n. A delicacy, a rarity (Ags. 1825 Jam.², daintess; Ags.¹⁷ 1940, daintis, dentice); a luxury, “treat.” Gen. used without the art. Known to Cai.⁷, Fif.¹⁰ 1940. [′dɛntɪs]Sc. 1937 F. M. McNeill in Scotsman (9 Aug.) 14:
White bannocks or soda scones were reckoned great “dentice,” and are a fairly recent innovation in humbler homes.Fif. 1887 “S. Tytler” Logie Town I. xiv.:
There is no end of pleasures which I trust you too will like, though they are no dentice to you.Slg. 1862 D. Taylor Poems 165:
The lanely maids . . . wha count a kiss a daintice.Ayr. 1821 Galt Ayrshire Legatees iii.:
I likewise had in it a pot of marmlet, which Miss Jenny Macbride gave me at Glasgow, assuring me that it was not only dentice, but a curiosity among the English.