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      dab
        To let dab is to allow something to be known.
          She got him the tickets for his birthday and never let dab.
      dabbity (pronounced dab-it-tee)
        In parts of the West of Scotland a dabbity is a transfer picture moistened and applied to the back of a child's hand.
      dachle (pronounced daCH-l)
        To dachle is a Northeastern word meaning to dawdle or loiter.
      dad
        Another word for daud.
      dae (pronounced day)
        To dae something is to do it.
          Come on Fred, ye can dae it!
      daffin
        Daffin is playful or foolish behaviour.
      daftie
        A daftie is a foolish or mentally deficient person.
          Watch where ye're gaun, ya wee daftie!
      dale
        In the Glasgow area, a dale is a diving board, as found at a swimming pool.
        The word comes from a pronounciation of deal, the wood from which such boards are made.
      dampt
        Dampt is a version of damned, used to give an appearance of not really swearing.
          She went and lost the dampt thing.

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