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Thread #174128 Message #4223824
Posted By: GUEST,PMB
06-Jun-25 - 10:45 AM
Thread Name: The word 'randies' in The Roving Navvy
Subject: RE: The word 'randies' in The Roving Navvy
"Randies" : fights, from the context. From the Scots Dialect Dictionary: ran-dan: (1) a carouse (2) a boys' holiday without leave (3) violence
(cf Three Day Millionaire by Mike Waterson: "the money comes in handy for the old ran-tan").