Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
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TRUMMLE. Also Trummill (Rxb. 1851 in R. Murray Hawick Songs (1897) 47), Trum'ull (Gsw. 1883 Recent Sc. Poets (Murdoch) 97). Sc. forms of the surname Turnbull (Sc. 1860 Border Mag. (April 1922) 62; Dmf. 1899 Country Schoolmaster (Wallace) 339; Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson, Slg., Fif., em.Sc.(b), wm., s.Sc. 1975). [trʌml]
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