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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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(Ȝammering,) Yammering, ppl. adj. [19th c. Eng. (north-west.) yammerin' (1807); Ȝam(m)er v.] Wailing. —1531 Bell. Boece I 240.
Terribil spraichis of yammering pepill in the deidthraw
