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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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JIMPEY, n. A roguish girl.Sc. 1827 Blackwood's Mag. (July) 48:
“He had a glass just before ye cam in,” answered the wicked jimpey.

[In form = Jimpie, adj. used as a noun, but phs. actually an erroneous alteration of Gilpie.]

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