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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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MANISHEE, n. Also manishi, -chee, manashe. A woman. Gipsy, but now also used by non-gipsy speakers in Rxb. (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., 1951 John o' London's Weekly (17 Aug.)).Rxb. 1950 Scots Mag. (Feb.) 331:
You won't see any gipsies in Yetholm now. Not a gadgee nor a manishi treads the quiet streets of the little Roxburghshire village.ne.Sc. 1958 Jessie Kesson The White Bird Passes (1987) 54:
"...Then we'd suddenly remember what this cove had called us last year, or the names this manashe had spat at us the year before. ...." Abd. 1990 Stanley Robertson Fish-Hooses (1992) 12:
Of course this wid cause laughter among the manishees, all except Muggie, wha wis a cut abeen the rest.