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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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†BETTERMER, adj. Better, superior, more refined.Kcb. 1898 A. J. Armstrong Levellers xii.:
Jenny Donaldson had been considered a ‘bettermer body’ all through these years.

[A kind of double compar. form from Better + Mair, adv.]