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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1827

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†SHRIMPIT, ppl.adj. Shrivelled, drawn together, shrunken.Sc. 1827 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 331:
Boardin-school misses, wi' wee shrimpit mouths, no able to eat muckle.

[Sc. form of Eng. (now dial.) shrimped, id., a parallel form to Scrimp.]

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