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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1911
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SWEAMISH, adj. Variant, also common in Eng. dial., of Eng. squeamish (Sh., Ork., Fif. 1972).Inv. 1911 in Buchan Observer (10 April 1962) 7:
Munro in the thaft es white es a sheet, an' am doobtin' he wis sweamish.
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