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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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INJEER, v. To insinuate, to intrude, introduce, gen. of something unwelcome or by duplicity. Arch.Sc. 1820 Scott Abbot xvii.:
A stratagem . . . to injeer into your confidence some espial of his own.

[O.Sc. ingere, 1456, ingyre, 1500, id., O.Fr. ingerer, to carry or thrust in.]

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