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Dun.-Some falsely think it comes from the
French, where donneS signifies give me-" imply
ing demand for something due but the true ori
gin of this expression owes its birth to one Joe Dun,
famous bailiff of Lincoln, extremely active, and
so dex,erous at the management of his rough bust
ness, that it became proverb, when man refused
to pay his debts. to say" why don't you dun him F''
that is, Why don't you send Dun to arrest him 20
Hence it grew into a CUSTOM and is now as old as
since the days of Henry VII. In Riders Diction-
ary, dun is stated to be derived from dunan, Saxon
&C 10 thunder," to demand debt with vehemence.


Bradie's Varieties of Literature.