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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1925
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BENDY, n.1 (See quot.)w.Dmf. 1925 W. A. Scott Vern. of Mid-Nithsdale, Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 18:
Bendy, tea party, a country spree. One day a party of work-people had kindled a fire and made tea for their dinner piece. When I came on the scene one of the men said, “Isn't this a richt bendy?”
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