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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1637-1657
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Jamf(f, Jamph, v. [Cf. Jamffe n. Also in the mod. dial.] tr. To befool; to make game of; to fob off; to trick another out of (something), to get or keep by cheating. — ?a1640 Copie of a Barons Court 10.
I jamph a boll? Or vet a peck? No, no! 1637 Johnston Diary (1911) I. 284.
On Tuesday the noblemen was jamfed in Dalkeith, siklyk on Wedensday 1643 Old Ross-shire I. 314.
Trulie sir I deserve much better. .than to be scuffed and jamffed with your freinds 1657 Johnston Diary (1940) 86.
It will mak for jamfing us and putting us off
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