Meaning of daunder | Babel Free
Definitions
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To stroll; to meander. Scotland
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To go on without reaching a conclusion. Scotland
Examples
“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.”
“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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.