abandannaad

English[edit]

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UK mid-C19. Possibly a blend of a +‎ bandanna +‎ lad or abandoned +‎ lad +‎ bandanna.

abandannaad (plural abandannaads)

Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “abandannaad”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 2.
John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “abandannaad”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 3.
Eric Partridge (1949) A Dictionary of the Underworld, London: Macmillan Co.