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been rannie potach noun a gentle man, perhaps an old one: For ye see, whin he entered his designated compartment there wis a bean rannie pottach wi a saft tweed hat already sitting coochted [ensconced, not inclined to move]. 20-. etymology: been ‘fine, goodly, rich, gentle’ + Romany rawnie ‘a lady’ + potach which is perhaps a development from Gaelic bodach ‘an old man, a bad-tempered old man’; only attested by SR