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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LINDER, n.2 Also lundin. In pl. as in quots.: prob. the loins ( ‡Abd. 1961). See note.Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) xiii.:
I expeckit to see him get round the linders wi' them for his impidence.Lnl.1 1938:
To tummle heids ower lundins, to turn a somersault.
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