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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1816
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†DAMMER, n. One who builds dams in a mine; found only in phr. dammer and sinker.Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary (1818) xxiii.:
"I niffered it for this tin ane wi' auld George Glen, the dammer and sinker." . . . "So you exchanged it with a miner?"
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