Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1773, 1942
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CLAUMER, n. and v. A rare Sc. form of Eng. clamour. [′klɑ:mər]Bnff.2 1942:
A' the bairns startit t' claumer for a half-holiday.Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 72:
Now speed you to some madam's chaumer That butt an' ben rings dule an' claumer.
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