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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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YAMMLOCH, n. A social gathering, chiefly for the exchange of gossip.Kcb.4 1900:
Them an their yammlochs o' feasts whan they suppit the scandal potion.

[Prob. made up from yam s.v. Yammer + -loch, see -Och, suff., II. 2.]

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