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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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¶MESHINDY, n. A to-do, an affair of much ceremony and fuss.ne.Sc. 1956 Mearns Leader (13 Jan.):
Weel, weel, than, fouks we've got The New Year geylies by in Mucklemoss, an' nae doot a' the ither big toons, like Lunnon, will hae taen oor lead an' shov't the great annual meshindy by wi' as muckle decorum as the occasion aloo't.