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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GINNERS, n.pl. The gills of a fish (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 229). Found in n.Eng. dial. (obsol.).Ib.:
I brought him [fish] safely intae boat; he had swallowed the bait greedily, the huik was sticking in his “ginners”.

[In Mid.Eng. (sing.), 1483. Origin uncertain.]

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