daunder
Collocations
4ADJ.
occasional, wee
VERB + DAUNDER
bit, staff, takin'
DAUNDER + NOUN
davy, hillside, laird, lawn, nature, roond, west
PREP.
about, than, through
Definitions
verb
To stroll; to meander.
I daunder'd about till my back turned sair, When I met wi' some neighbours, and then did repair To Farries's inn, where some whisky we got, And talked of harvest, and horses, and stots.
I'll tak my staff and daunder: west, For nature age is grand to me;
To go on without reaching a conclusion.
He must do one of these two things: in the first case, his ministry may daunder on till there is another strike of half-a-dozen, like the present ; in the latter, it will be blown about his ears, from without.
I have always pitied people whose engagements daundered on year after year without coming to anything.
noun
A stroll.
"Takin' a bit daunder, Laird?" said Davy with the assurance of an old servant.
I tak an occasional daunder roond the lawn, near every five minutes in fact, and throw lumps o sile at oor cat stalkin birds in the flooer beds.
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6I daunder'd about till my back turned sair, When I met wi' some neighbours, and then did repair To Farries's inn, where some whisky we got, And talked of harvest, and horses, and stots.
WiktionaryI'll tak my staff and daunder: west, For nature age is grand to me;
WiktionaryThere's more for him to do than daunder about the hillside with a trout-wand over his shoulder.
Wiktionary"Takin' a bit daunder, Laird?" said Davy with the assurance of an old servant.
WiktionaryI tak an occasional daunder roond the lawn, near every five minutes in fact, and throw lumps o sile at oor cat stalkin birds in the flooer beds.
WiktionaryOld folks out for a wee daunder might, through force of habit, find themselves wandering into this kinematic museum to watch the breakdowns and odd snippets of film.
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