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Quotation dates: 1853-1912
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DRONY, adj. and v.
1. adj. Sleepy, sluggish. Found in Eng. 18th cent. and still in use in Chs. dial.Lnk. 1853 W. Watson Poems 50:
Yet heirs an' fond lovers account it nae crime To sing or to say, "Haste awa', drony time."Wgt. 1912 A.O.W.B. Fables frae French 82:
He's drony, an, he's deef, his sicht is gane; We'd like a steerin' sovereign; send us ane!
2. v. To doze, snooze."em.Sc.(a)"" 1895 "I. Maclaren" Auld Langsyne 126:
Dinna lat him sleep; if he took tae dronyin' ye micht never get him waukened.
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