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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TRAMPILFEYST, adj. Unmanageable, unruly, “untoward” (Rxb. 1825 Jam.).

[A variant of the obscure Amplefeyst, Bumple feist, gumple-face s.v. Gumple, n.1, Wimplefeyst. The word appears orig. to have been a n.]

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