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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

PADDY BASS, n. Sc. form of Fr. pas de bas(que), a basic step in Scottish country dancing.Slg. 1901 R. Buchanan Poems 162:
A regular bull reel it was and nae mistak'; nane o' yer paddy bass's or skliffin shuffles.

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