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baudrons

American  
[baw-druhnz] / ˈbɔ drənz /

noun

Scot.
  1. a cat.


Etymology

Origin of baudrons

1400–50; late Middle English ( Scots ) balderonis; perhaps akin to Middle English badde cat

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“Whisht, whisht,” whispered Nanny, “she’s as keen as colly i’ the lugs; and glegger than baudrons i’ the dark.”

From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Herbert Willis

"Naebody but mysell and baudrons," said the old woman.

From The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott

Then that curst carmagnole, auld Satan, Watches like baudrons by a ratton Our sinfu' saul to get a claut on, Wi'felon ire; Syne, whip! his tail ye'll ne'er cast saut on, He's aff like fire.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

For me, no venerable spinster hoarded in the Trongate, permitting herself few luxuries during a long-protracted life, save a lass and a lanthorn, a parrot, and the invariable baudrons of antiquity.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various

Or, yet more to engage the intellect may come:— Poussie, poussie, baudrons, Whaur ha'e ye been?

From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Robert Ford

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