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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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¶SHEENWHIRR, n. Appar. = a contraption, a mechanical coctrivance of one sort or another. [ʃin′hwɪr]Ags. 1901 W. J. Milne Reminiscences 56:
They at least “wad ne'er risk their lives on nae sic dangerous sheenwhirrs as a railway tram.”