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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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DOD, n.¹ and int. Also dyod, doad, dood, dods. Used in excls. of surprise and asseveration. Gen. (exc. I. and nn.) Sc. Also in n.Eng. dial. [dɔd, dod Sc., but ne.Sc. + djɔd]Mry. 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sk. 77:
Dyod, lads, that shift cowes a'.Abd. 1915 H. Beaton Back o' Benachie 49:
Dyod, bit ye're unco foo o' fittie fies th' nicht.Ags. 1921 V. Jacob Bonnie Joann 14:
Dod, like yersel', it's time I was sleepin'.Fif. 1894 A. S. Robertson Provost o' Glendookie 49:
Dodsake, though I had been a bombshell flung among them they couldna hae scampered faster awa.m.Lth. 1857 Misty Morning 157:
No; dod, if I ken ocht else.Edb. 1895 J. Tweeddale Moff 130:
Doad, mum! Is she mad?wm.Sc. 1931 J. Ressich in Gsw. Herald (14 March):
Dod be here, the scorin' wis jist as pairfec' as onything he could hae dune hissel'.Rnf. 1935 L. Kerr Woman of Glenshiels viii:
Dods, Donnel, you can fairly lay it off.Lnk. 1881 A. Wardrop J. Mathison's Courtship, etc. 113:
“Man,” quo' Jock, “is this you, Sandy? Dood, I'm trumlin' on my legs.”Gall. 1928 Gallovidian Annual 88:
Dod be here! Betsy woman, what's wrang wi' ye the day?s.Sc. 1979 Lavinia Derwent A Border Bairn (1986) 88:
'Dodsakes, Jessie,' he would say mildly, 'ye've a tongue that wad clip cloots.'Dmf. 1925 W. A. Scott in Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 23:
Dod-devert, I've come away tae fish without my heuks.Rxb. 1922 Kelso Chron. (31 March) 2/7:
Dod, rabbit 't, Aw've made an ass o' masel' efter a'.