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Quotation dates: 1801, 1890-1919
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BRIME, n. Pickle. Known to Bnff.2, Abd.9, Ags.1 1936.Sth. 1912–1919 An Old Rhyme of Places in Rymour Club Misc. II. 87:
Eribol for haddocks, Dunrobin for kail, Golspie for black shells, Drumuie for brime.Mearns 1890 J. Kerr Reminisc. of a Wanderer I. 87:
Some lads were drinkin' there, O' some compound like vitriol brime.Edb. 1801 J. Thomson Poems 56:
And leave a wee drap, saut as brime, Into your pail.
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