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Quotation dates: 1892-1899
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MAMICK, n. Also mamik, mamek. A female ling with a fully-developed roe (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), Sh. 1962).Sh. 1892 Manson's Sh. Almanac:
If we wir oot da lent o da Stack at da Suilick an da Ooverburg at da Runie, I widna say bit we wid get da grip o a mamick.Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 132:
Open da mooth o' da mamik . . . an bring wis safe ta da kaavies.
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