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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

PARAMUDDLE, n. The fourth stomach of a ruminant animal, the abomasum (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.); in pl. dainties, tit-bits (Ags. 1965), poss. due to a misunderstanding of the earlier meaning.

[Orig. obscure.]

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