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BAMMER, n. [Cf. bampot.] A mad person.Dmf. 1979 Ron Butlin in Hamish Whyte and Janice Galloway New Writing Scotland 9: Scream If You Want to Go Faster (1991) 14:
There was silence, haggis-heid was a bammer — a real tartan bammer.Gsw. 1990 John McGill That Rubens Guy (1991) 117:
There's some right nutters, mind, don't get me wrong, there's some right bammers: ...Sc. 2002 Sunday Mail 6 Jan 66:
So why does no-one learn? Eyebrows have been raised again at the thought of Fergie taking on a mad bammer like Paolo di Canio — but why not?Edb. 2000:
All bammers are potentially very, very dangerous and to be avoided.
