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Quotation dates: 1827
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¶FUDDER, n.2 Lightning. Only in Tennant.
Comb. fudder-flash.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 179:
A thunderbolt wi' fudder-flash Couldna hae gien sae fell a smash, Or made sae loud a rair.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 202:
They drew their swerds, and, in a pudder, Attack't it fierce as fire or fudder.
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