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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1929

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DANDER, n.4 A kind of sweet bun or biscuit, a rock-cake (Fif., e.Lth., Ayr. 1946).Sc. 1929 M. P. Roy in Scots Mag. (Oct.) 9:
They say whan she wis a wean an' sent for a loaf, she wad lift a bap or a dander alang with the breid aff the coonter.

[Prob. the same word as Dander, n.3, from the hard, uneven surface of the cake.]

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