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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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¶TYOMRY, n. Superstition.Per. 1895 in Sc. N. & Q. (Jan. 1924) 14:
There lurked among the people in some corners a slight tincture of superstition or ‘Tyomry ' as it is called.