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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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LAMMERMUIR, prop.n. Also Lam(m)ermoor. The range of hills and moorland dividing the plain of Lothian from the plain of the Tweed in Berwickshire, well known as sheep country. Hence phr. a Lammermuir lion, jocularly used for a sheep. Cf. Eng. †Cotswold lion, id. [′lɑmərmjuər, locally -me:r]Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 380:
You look like a Lamermoor Lyon. Lamermoor is a large Sheep Walk in the East of Scotland.Bwk. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes 103:
He's as bold as a Lammermoor Lion.m.Lth. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick ix.:
“As bauld as a lion!” “Ay, a Lammermuir lion,” says I.