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Quotation dates: 1866
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STAM-RAM, v., adv., n.
I. v. To blunder forward, walk in a noisy, clumsy, heedless, headlong manner (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 180).
II. adv. With rude, noisy, awkward steps, in a blundering headlong manner.Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 180:
He geed stam-ram through the new-shaven carrits, an' trampit thim a' doon.
III. n. One who walks in this way, a rude noisy-mannered person (Ib.).
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