Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1820-1822
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¶SLIMMER, adj. Delicate, fragile, easily hurt, of persons. Only in Galt.Ayr. 1820 Galt Legatees iv.:
Being a gentlewoman both by blood and education, she's a very slimmer affair to handle in a doing of this kind.Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie xiv.:
Baith in shape and habit he was a slimmer piece of gentility.
