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Quotation dates: 1920
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DON, n.2 A name given by those residing on the mainland of Orkney to the inhabitants of the surrounding islands.Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. (1922) 32:
The Dons were supposed descendants of sailors who escaped from the wrecks of the Spanish Armada, and who settled down in Westray.
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