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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GEMEROLL, n. Used attrib. with coat: ? a short, half-length coat, reaching to just above the knee.s.Sc. c.1830 Proc. Bwk. Naturalists' Club (1916) 63:
Wag-at-the-wa' was described by this old lady to have . . . long arms and covered with yellow hair, which also was the colour of his gemeroll (general?) coat.