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Quotation dates: 1880
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‡FLADGE, n. Also flauge.
1. Anything broad (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 204); a large flat piece of anything. Deriv. fladyin, id. (Uls. 1924 North. Whig (4 Jan.)).Ayr. 1880 Jam.:
She gied him a bannock an' a fladge o' cheese.
2. Specif. of a person: “a broad-bottomed person” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 204), a lazy, ungainly person (Dmf. 1925 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 25).
[Imit. Related to Flad, q.v., as Dad to Dadge. Cf. also Flodge, and Bladge.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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