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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RAMIEGEISTER, n. Also rammyjeester; remigester. A sharp stroke or blow (Bch. 1825 Jam., remigester), lit. and fig. (Bnff., Abd. 1921 T.S.D.C.); something that causes such, a “stunner”, or the resultant state (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 139). [rɑme′dzistər]Bnff. 1885:
When a bump of the cart nearly unseated us, one of the girls remarked “Sic a rammyjeester o' a rodd!”