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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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¶FANEREL, n. A rag, tatter, flapping piece of cloth.Sc. 1819 J. Rennie St Patrick II. vii.:
She's juist like a brownie in a whin-buss, wi' her fanerels o' duds flaffin' about her hinderlets, an' her twa arms wamblin' i' the air.
