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First published 2005 (SND, online supplement).
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CAUMEL, n.2 Sc. form of Eng. camel.Sc. 1993 Derrick McClure in A. L. Kennedy and Hamish Whyte New Writing Scotland 11: The Ghost of Liberace 65:
In ill dreams he wid see caumels, gousty scaups wi ne'er a rug tae finn.
