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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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¶KAMPER-EEL, n. A mistake for lamper-eel, the lamprey or, more likely, ramper eel, see Ramper, n.Sc.(E) 1873 D. M. Ogilvy Willie Wabster 10:
Whilk garred ilk troot and saumont whiddle, Ilk kamper eel to seek its hiddil.
