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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BRUMMLE, BRUMMEL, BRIMMLE, n. Sc. forms of Eng. bramble, the shrub Rubus fruticosus, but gen. used in Sc. to indicate the fruit, the blackberry. Known to Abd.², Ags.², Fif.¹⁰, Lnk.³ 1936. [brʌml, brɑml Sc., but ne.Sc. + brɪml]ne.Sc. a.1835 J. Grant Tales of the Glens (1836) 63:
He ran crashin' through the hawthorns and the brimmles.L.Bnff. 1934 J. M. Caie Kindly North 60:
He's seein', an' hearin' the sough o' the win', Or a fisher loon getherin' brummles.Edb. 1876 J. Smith Archie and Bess 86:
What huntings for haws an' brummels at Colinton.w.Dmf. 1903 J. L. Waugh Thornhill xvi.:
The rasps and the brummles we got at Rashbriggs.