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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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FERMER, n. Also fairmer. Gen.Sc. forms of Eng. farmer. Also attrib.Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxii.:
He's sic a bricht fairmer that he's aye on the ootleuk for bargains.Sc. 1928 J. Wilson Hamespun 43:
An' should ye chance upo' the rigs To list twa fermer buddies' blether.Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 37:
I mean the richt
dauntin tattie-bogle
wi the fairmer's filshens
flafft i the wun, ... Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 1:
Twis a sair dunt tae ony fairmer, giein up his grun tae incomers.