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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1868

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HAMESOME, adj. Homely.Dmf. 1868 J. Salmon Gowodean 25:
Braw in his beuk, and hamesome in his ways.

[Hame, + adj. suff. -some; cf. Yks. dial. heeamsome, id.]

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