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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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NITMUG, n. Sc. form of Eng. nutmeg (Sc. 1875 A. Hislop Sc. Anecdotes 197).Sc. 1817 Scott Search after Happiness xviii.:
[She] ask'd him “about the news from Eastern parts, . . . And if the nitmugs were grown ony cheaper.”