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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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‡PARRYMAUK, n Also -myauk, -mya(w)k; peerie-. An exact replica, the very same, the “living image”, “the like” (‡Abd. 1903 E.D.D.; Bch. 1929).Abd.¹³ 1916:
I niver saw the parrymyawk o' you for ye're aye at some aivis or anidder. . . . Jist the parrymyawk o' that, just the same.Bch., Abd. 1921 T.S.D.C.:
I hae a quoy at hame, the peeriemyak o' that ane.