Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BIDDIN(G), BIDDEN, vbl.n.2 Command. Very often in pl.Sc. [1907] D. MacAlister Echoes (1923) 167:
A' day biddins I'll be meinin.Sc. 1917 D. G. Mitchell Kirk i' the Clachan 143:
His disciples read His face, an' they needna twa biddens to row the boat awa frae the shore.Edb. 1917 T. W. Paterson Wyse-Sayin's o' Solomon i. 8–9:
Dinna mislippen the biddens O' yer mither.
Phr.: do biddin(g), do as one is told.Sc. 1881 A. Mackie Scotticisms 29:
The little fellow would not do bidding.Abd.(D) 1929 Mains and Hilly in Abd. Wkly. Jnl. (18 April) 6/3:
I taul' the wife tae pit on a gweed fire, for it wis fell caul', I thocht. An' for eence she did biddin'.
