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Quotation dates: 1827, 1909
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‡STENDIE, n. A stroke with the tawse at school (Fif. 1971). [′stɛndi]Sc. 1827 C. I. Johnstone Eliz. de Bruce I , iv.:
Neither palmies, pandies, nor stendies, nor yet the more refined modern fool's cap.Fif. 1909 J. C. Craig Sangs o' Bairns 113:
I took the "stendies" on my loofs.
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