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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1929
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BOUSUMNICKS, n.pl. (See quot.) Cf. Book-a-bosom.Abd. 1929 per A. W. Mackenzie:
Bousumnicks, the Priests who wandered about the Hill of Barra near Old Meldrum — a flat place with three trenches in it.
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