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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1923-1949
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‡DINBONNET(S), n. In phr. nae dinbonnet(s), of persons and things: not to be despised, first-rate (Abd. c.1870 (per Abd.27); Abd.4 1928).Abd. 1923 J. Wight in Swatches 21:
Betty Tamsin wisna freely sic a takkin bird as Jinse; bit, fegs, she wisna dinbonnets.Abd. 1949 Huntly Express (25 Feb.):
This ruck's nae sae big's that ither ane, bit still, it's nae din bonnet either.
