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"D'ye see yon dandilly maiden," said Dame Gourlay, "a 'glistenin' wi 'gowd and jewels, that they are lifting up on the white horse behind that hare-brained callant in scarlet, wi' the lang sword at his side?"
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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“D’ye see yon dandilly maiden,” said Dame Gourlay,
sionnach commented on the word dandilly
a vain and spoiled woman.
January 2, 2008