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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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YITEMARREE, n. A term of contempt for an empty-headed foppish time-serving man.Lnk. 1902 A. Wardrop Robin Tamson 158:
Half o' the ministers noo-a-days are jist a wheen flunky, pridefu' yitemarrees.

[From Yite, n., + ?]

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