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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

BANTRY, n.1.  Bantering, teasing.Ayr. 1892 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage, etc., and Poems 246:
Gi'es mair o' your beer, an' less bantry, Kate.

[N.E.D. gives bantery, adj., with only Scots quots. — viz. from Carlyle.]

1781

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