Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BINDHERER, BINNTHERER, n. “Anything very large and good of its kind” (Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.).
[Perhaps from Binner, Binther, a loud noise, a quantity of work done, with the suff. er used to indicate something very clumsy or large as in thumper, whacker, etc.]
