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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1867
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UMSHY, n. A bruise or other injury. [′ʌmʃi]Abd. 1867 W. Anderson Rhymes 186:
Some o' the chiels gaed hirplin' hame Wi' umshies on their head.
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