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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1700+
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Tominorie, n. [Tom the name. Cf. 19th c. Eng. tom-noddy (1828).] The puffin. — 1701 Brand Orkney & Shetl. 119.
Each kind [of birds] … do nestle by themselves; as the scarfs by themselves, so the cetywaicks, tominories, mawes [etc.]
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