Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FUNDLIN, n. Also -line, -ling, -len, funlin. Sc. forms of Eng. foundling. [′fʌnlɪn]Lnk. 1724 W. Grossart Shotts (1880) 64:
For seven ells of playden to the fundlen Andrew Shotts.Sc. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Shep. iii. ii.:
Your Niece is but a Fundling that was laid Down at your Hallon-side.Ags. 1731 in D. H. Edwards Men & Manners (1920) 135:
For shirt and shoes to the Fundline; John Bowden for the Fundlin from Dec. to the middle of April, £7.Wgt. 1742 Session Bk. Wigtown (1934) 565:
The great charge of paying for the nursing and boarding of the fundline child.Sc. 1812 The Scotchman 64:
War fock to mak funlins o a' thair bairns.Abd. 1875 G. Macdonald Malcolm I. ix.:
Ye s' ken that, ye misbegotten funlin'!
