bandy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective 1.3.1.1 Quotations 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Translations 2 Scots 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Alternative spellings 2.2.2 References

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: băn'di, IPA: /ˈbændi/, SAMPA: /"b{ndi/
• Rhymes: -ændi

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle French from bander.

[edit] Verb

to bandy (third-person singular simple present bandies, present participle bandying, simple past and past participle bandied)

1. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.

   to bandy words (with somebody)

2. To use or pass about casually.

   to have one’s name bandied about (or around)

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Scots bandy

[edit] Adjective

bandy (not comparable)

1. Bowlegged, or bending outward at the knees; as in bandy legged.

[edit] Quotations

• 1794, William Blake, The Little Vagabond, third stanza

  Then the Parson might preach, and drink, and sing,

  And we’d be as happy as birds in the spring;

  And modest Dame Lurch, who is always at church,

  Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor birch.

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[edit] Etymology 3

Possibly from the Welsh word bando most likely derived from the Proto-Germanic *bandja (“‘a curved stick’”).

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

bandy (uncountable)

1. (sports) A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey has developed.

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Adjective

bandy (not comparable)

1. Bowlegged, or bending outward at the knees; as in bandy legged.

[edit] Noun

bandy (plural bandies)

1. A minnow; a stickleback.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• baanie
• bandie

[edit] References

• Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, Edinburgh [1]