Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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AIBERLEMNIE, n. Gen. in pl.: large tackety boots (Ags. 1975), gen. as worn by a countryman. [From Aberlemno, near Forfar, as being a rural area, where such boots might be worn. There was a bootmaker there c.1900.]
