Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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DAN, prop.n. A nickname for a Roman Catholic (Gsw. 1975). Also Dannie boy, after the well-known song (wm.Sc. 1975).Gsw. 1958 C. Hanley Dancing in Streets 22:
A Billy or a Dan or an auld tin can?
[Familiar form of Daniel, a common name among Roman Catholic Irishmen.]
