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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1929

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STEENIGER, n. A mass or heap of ruins, a state of dilapidation. Also in form steeni-kyerro.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
Gaan tae a steeniger.

[For the first element see Stane; for the second, see Kyerro.]

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