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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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KIRDANDY, n. A row, uproar (Ayr., Uls. 1960). [kɪr′dɑndi]Ayr. c.1880:
My mother used to say when there was a family row going on: “Stop that kirdandy.”

[From Kirkdamdie [locally kɪr′dɑndi], Barr, Ayrshire, where there was a famous fair of a riotous order like Donnybrook. Cf. Paterson History of Ayrshire II. 109.]

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