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Quotation dates: 1911-1929
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†OWERFAMMER, n. Also ower-faamer. To strike down, lay low, render helpless (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [-′fɑmər]Ork. 1911 Old-Lore Misc. IV. iv. 187:
Dis pat him aff his gaird, an', afore ever he said sentence, da villan owerfammer'd him wi' a cut o' tree.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
I'm just owerfaamered wi' the heat the day.
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