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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FLAIRDIE, n., v.

I. n. 1. Flattery (Kcb.⁴ c.1900; Kcb., Dmf. 1951); insincerity.Kcb.⁶ c.1916:
There's nae flairdie aboot that wean, he's real.

2. A wheedling person, esp. of a child (Kcb.¹ 1932; Kcb., Dmf. 1952); a two-faced person (Dmf. 1951).

II. v. To flatter, wheedle, cajole (Kcb.¹⁰ 1942).Kcb. 1895 Crockett Men of the Moss-Hags xxxii.:
She cuitled Tam Lindsay, an flairdied him an' spak' him fair.Kcb. 1897 Crockett Lads' Love i.:
Ye flatter and flairdie them a while — a' the women folk like a guid-gaun tongue.