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dander

noun

  1. material shed from the body of humans and various animals that have fur, hair, or feathers
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdændə(ɹ)/

noun

Etymology: Uncertain.

  1. A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace
  2. Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".

    He'll get his dander up if his team is criticized.

    She has her dander up every day about discrimination against women.

verb

Etymology: Alteration of dandle or daddle

  1. To wander about.

    So as neither of them were particularly pressed for time, as it happened, and the temperature refreshing since it cleared up after the recent visitation of Jupiter Pluvius, they dandered along past by where the empty vehicle was waiting without a fare or a jarvey

    "I'll have no more of it. I'll have no more Dinny Ryans handlin' flesh and blood of my gettin'. Ye'd see me dyin' for a sup of drink to give me peace, and you philanderin' and danderin' with yon scut of a fellow, and worse doin's behind that, if the truth is told."

  2. To maunder, to talk incoherently.