Verb
To stroll; to meander.
Usage- Scotland
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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;
There's more for him to do than daunder about the hillside with a trout-wand over his shoulder.
To go on without reaching a conclusion.
Usage- Scotland
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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.
And so. beguiled by feathered pen, I daunder on.
Noun
A stroll.
Usage- Scotland
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"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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Old 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.