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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HEMPIE, n.2 Also hempy. The hedge-sparrow, Accentor modularis (Kcb. 1878 Zoologist II. 427; Bwk. 1889 G. Muirhead Birds Bwk. I. 83; Dmf. 1910 H. Gladstone Birds Dmf. 33, m.Dmf.3 c.1920; ‡Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.).Lth. 1920 A. Dodds Songs 25:
The hempy, the linty, the sheilfa.

[Dim. of Hemp, as a shortened form of hemp-sparrow.]

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