Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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BUNDER, n., v. [′bʌndər]
I. n. A bump, heavy fall, a battering sound.Cai. 1829 J. Hay Poems 92, 130:
Then cuist him with a bunder down . . . Jock's shoon wi' tacks were thick an' high, Which made a rattling bunder.
II. v. To batter, hammer, make a din.Inv. 1925 G. Bain Lordship of Petty 79:
To go from house to house, ‘bundering’ at the doors and puffing smoke into the dwelling houses.
[Variant of binther, Binner, v., n.1, phs. conflated with dunder, Dunner, v.1]
