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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1951
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¶WHOMSOEVER, adv. A perverted form of Hoosomever.Lnk. 1951 G. Rae Howe o' Braefoot 75, 83:
Ower big, Davie; far ower big, man. Whomsoever, they'll dae. . . . Whomsoever, I'm no' a poet.