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Poor old folk who had sat by the door, or "daundered" about the streets and lanes in comfort during the summertime, now sat coughing and wheezing in the chimney-corner, or went, bowed and stiff, about the work which must not be neglected, though pain made movement difficult.
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John Splendid looked at me from the corner of an eye as we came out again and daundered slowly down the town.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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One Sunday forenoon, as he daundered by the waterside (instead of being, as he should have been, at church) Tam saw him slide slowly off the redd across the stream.
Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang
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Their gait was solemn -- if a trifle uncertain -- as they slowly daundered up the road between the trees.
Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang
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"But d'ye ken," said John Scott, the theological herd, who had quietly "daundered doon" as he said, from his cot-house up on the hill, where his bare-legged bairns played on the heather and short grass all day, to set his shoulder against the gable end for an hour with the rest.
The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887
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For three days he stayed; and he just daundered roun 'the boats and the beach, and lookit sae forlorn, wanting Davie and the bonnie boat that had gane to the bottom, that folks were sorry for him.
A Daughter of Fife Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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The visitor was only his younger brother, who had often daundered in at Mrs. Thornycroft's house, possibly from a liking to Emma's friendly manner, or because, cast astray for a fortnight on the wide desert of London, he had, like
Agatha's Husband A Novel Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1856
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On our road to Lugton I could scarcely muster common sense to answer a person who wished us a good-day; and Nanse, as we daundered on arm-in-arm, never once took her napkin from her een.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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On our road to Lugton I could scarcely muster common sense to answer a person who wished us a good-day; and Nanse, as we daundered on arm-in-arm, never once took her napkin from her een.
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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