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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PRAM, n.¹ Also pramm. A dish of uncooked oatmeal and milk or cream stirred up together (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 178, 1914 Old-Lore Misc. vii. ii. 71, pramm, Sh. 1966); “toasted meal stirred in with cream or milk” (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.); a mixture of warm water and meal or thin buttermilk (Jak.). Comb. burstin-pram, id., see Burstin, and Ork. Bram(mo).Sh. 1889 Chamber's Jnl. (26 Oct.) 675:
The meal so prepared is called, “burstin,” small cakes baked of it are “burstin-broonies,” and, when eaten with cream, it is known as “burstin-pram.”