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(noun) - (1) A person, such as a cobbler, with breeches breeks so barkened or stiff with dirt that they dunner thunder when struck, like a dried sheepskin; that is to say, makes a noise like distant thunder.
--John Mactaggart's Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, 1824
(2) Tonitruade, to thunder.
--Elisha Coles' An English Dictionary, 1713
January 14, 2018