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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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OOMIT, n. Also oomach. An odd-looking diminutive person.Bnff. 1923 Banffshire Jnl. (8 May) 10:
Ye oomit o' a craitur.
Bnff. 1946:
Fatna oomach's this 'at we're meetin'?

[Variant forms of Hoomet, with extended meaning, phs. with some influence from Oolet, Umik.]

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