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Quotation dates: 1825
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†FEMMEL, Femle, v. To select, to pick the best with the idea of throwing out the refuse (Ayr. 1825 Jam.2): vbl.n. femlans, the remains of a feast, the left-overs (e.Lth. Ib.).e.Lth. 1825 Jam.2:
In this county, about forty years ago, when children were invited to partake of what remained, at the tables of their relations, after the jollities of Handsel Monday, they were asked to come and get some of the femlans.
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