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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1901
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PADDY BASS, n. Sc. form of Fr. pas de bas(que), a basic step in Scottish country dancing.Slg. 1901 R. Buchanan Poems 162:
A regular bull reel it was and nae mistak'; nane o' yer paddy bass's or skliffin shuffles.
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