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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FLIM, n. A film (m.Lth. 1940 per Fif.¹³), a mist rising from the ground. Hence something unsubstantial, illusory or of no account.Kcb. 1806 J. Train Poet. Reveries 101:
'Twas not wild haggard fancy's flims, Teazing a lover's brains.Ayr. 1824 A. Crawford Tales of my Grandmother I. 159:
Their steeds were o' the thistle down That floats upon the autumn sky — Their bridle reins the summer flim That mocks the idle gazer's eye.Inv. 1849 J. Paterson Royal Visit 81:
For jeers he doesna care a flim His spirits ne'er are dampit.