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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1949

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TREMSKIT, adj. Also -et. Ill-arranged, disorderly, slovenly (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., 1914 Angus Gl., Sh. 1973), ragged, shabby. Also used adv.Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 21, 60:
Hit wis hingin' very tremskit laek, wi' lang points doon aboot her legs. . . . Me bits o' best claes wis aa geen tremskit aboot me.

[Deriv. of Sh. Norn tremsek, rag, tatter, nasalised dim. variant of Norw. dial. trefs, id., cf. also trefsutt, frayed.]

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