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First published 2005 (SND, online supplement).
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CHAIRM, n., v. also cherm. (Sh., Bnff., Edb., Ayr., Rxb. 2000s).
  wm.Sc. 1985 Liz Lochhead Tartuffe 21:
Oh aye, ye'll be mistress o' sich cherms
When ye lie a' nicht in yir bridegroom's erms ... Sc. 1991 Roderick Watson in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 102:
Pandar never thocht she'd faa
(but she did) til the chairms o Troilus,
an sune they were snug in his ain box bed: Edb. 1992:
Come intae ma airms ya bundle o chairms an stick tae ma teeth like taffie.