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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BAULDY-HEIDED, adj. Bald-headed. [′bɑldɪ̢′hidɪ̢t]Sc. 1925 Country Courting in Sc. Mag. (Dec.) 196:
A big, gauky stirk o' a bauldy-heided dominy!Lnk. 1998 Duncan Glen Selected New Poems 16:
Aneath the auld trees of Bruntsfield Links,
not one gowfer in sicht. Still an auld bauldy-heidit
man wi beer belly is lashin at a tree for nae
kent reason.
And me sittin here scrievin at thae lines.