Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1780, 1881
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DANDY, n.1 A fop, a well-dressed man. Now accepted as Eng. but orig. Sc., its first recorded appearance being in the first quot. below. In Sc. also applied to a. woman.Sc. c.1780 Sc. Song in N. and Q. (8th Series) IV. 81:
I've heard my granny crack O' sixty twa years back Where there were sic a stock of Dandies O.Lnk. 1881 D. Thomson Musings 94:
She's no great dandy, but looks well eneugh.
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