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Definition of Bandies
1. bandy [v] - See also: bandy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bandies
Literary usage of Bandies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1876)
"Clap, elap bandies, Kissy mammy noo! Eh! where's my sngar-ploom! ... Clap, elap
bandies! Lammie dear to me! May ye never grieve my heart, ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"... with fair Your ruff must stand in print, and for lung bandies, Test they scorch
your hand. ... bandies ..."
3. An Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon and Its Dependencies by Charles Pridham (1849)
"... owing to the scarcity of bullock bandies, an evil far from entirely obviated
at present, together with the tightness of the money market at home, ..."
4. Report by Madras (India). Railway Committee (1850)
"From the position of the bridge the return taken there comes to include, besides
the general commercial traffic, also all the bandies of firewood for local ..."
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