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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GOESOMER, n. A period of summer-like weather occurring in late autumn, a St Martin's summer. Also go o' simmer.Fif. 1725 in A. Laing Lindores Abbey (1876) 311:
The said g[e]orge shall keep the gress from other fflocks in goesomer.Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 113:
Last year i' the go o' simmer.
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