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▪ I. ˈpandoor, -dore Sc. dial. [See quot. 1796; but proof of the alleged derivation is wanting.] A kind of large oyster, found near Prestonpans.
1796Statist. Acc. Scot. XVII. 70 Oysters caught nearest to the town [Prestonpans] are the largest and fattest: hence the largest obtained the name of Pandoors, i.e. oysters caught at the doors of the pans. 1805Forsyth Beauties Scotl. I. 458. 1894 Haliburton Furth in Field 58 (E.D.D.) With a dish o' mussel-brose at Newhaven, or with a prievin' o' fat pandores a little further east the coast. ▪ II. pandoor, pandor see pandour, pander. |