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Quotation dates: 1915
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PULLER, n. A primitive type of oil-lamp formerly used in Shetland and Orkney (Ork. 1967).Sh. 1915 Old-Lore Misc. VIII. i. 60:
Dis wiz whin da parrafian lamps first cam ta Ile, an' tho Yorl himsel didna lik ta dö awa wi' da auld creeshy puller, even tho hit dreepit saithe öly apo his bald skult.
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