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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1904

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CAMMER, n. Cambric. Cf. Camrick.Sc. 1904 Lord Ingram and Chiel Wyet in Ballads (ed. Child) No. 66 C. vi.:
Sae has hee bought to her mither The curches of the cammer.

[From Flanders place-name, Cambrai; cf. obs. Welsh cambr, cambric (Spurrell).]

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