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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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BAIRDIE, Beardie, n. The rubbing of a man's rough chin against the face of someone else, or squeezing another's chin with the hand. [′berdi, ′birdi]Abd.¹⁵ 1928:
Gie her bairdie, Tam, ye've a braw roch stibble to kittle her chooks wi'.Edb. 1872 J. Smith Jenny Blair's Maunderings (1881) 41:
To tak' me round the neck, an' gie me “Bairdie,” as he ca'd it.Edb. 1991:
Ah hate it when ma man shaves his beard off - Ah aye get terrible beardies from his stubble when he kisses me!Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 10:
beardie A nickname for any man with a beard. Also, when a man tickles a child by rubbing his stubbly cheek on the child's face he is said to give her a beardie. Lnk. 1895 W. Stewart Lilts and Larks 123:
They laugh'd an' daff'd an' gaed ilk ither beardie, O.