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Dander

noun

Small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people.

A feeling of anger and animosity. Synonym: hackles.

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"Dander" Quotes from Famous Books

... you to take care, Tom," came from Sam, when the other boys had restored quietness. "When Hans gets his dander up he ...

— The Rover Boys in Camp - or, The Rivals of Pine Island • Edward Stratemeyer

... had engaged to try for these prizes seemed to "get their dander up," as some fellow expressed it, and the way they struggled and vied with one another was "equal to a ...

— The Chums of Scranton High on the Cinder Path • Donald Ferguson

... Europe, and studies foreign folly and French license. Poverty is great; in a Christian community, or a thriving village, it is equal to "martial law," in suppressing moral rebellion and keeping down the "dander!" And how faithful, too, is poverty, says Dr. Litterage, for it sticks to a man after all his friends and the rest of ...

— The Humors of Falconbridge - A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes • Jonathan F. Kelley

... there sermon. Two or three old backsliders in the crowd come right up and repented all over agin on the spot. The hull kit and biling of 'em got the power good and hard, like they does at camp meetings and revivals. But Hank, he only cussed. He was obstinate, Hank was, and his pride and dander had riz up. Finally ...

— Danny's Own Story • Don Marquis

... just couldn't bear to see that chap, with his arm in a sling, being beaten up by that brute of a farmer," was the reply. "It got my dander up." ...

— Andy at Yale - The Great Quadrangle Mystery • Roy Eliot Stokes

Words linked to "Dander" : scale, hackles, exfoliation, scurf, choler, anger, ire