Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1936, 1996-1999
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CONTERMT, ppl.adj. Also contermit. Determined, stubborn. Also adv. Abd. 1936 D. Bruce Cried on Sunday 9:
Hairry Wobster's a gye aul' bacheler tee, an' jist some contermt kin' like yersel'.Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 13:
Ae day, fair contermit, wi ae breenge Curra escaped unnoticed throw the hedge, fas thick growth cribbit in his ain gairden. em.Sc. 1999 James Robertson The Day O Judgement 29:
"His commands I flung ahint me
An ran contermit doun tae Hell, ... "
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