Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1933-1935, 2000
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GRANDMINNIE, n. Also granminnie, granminny. A grandmother (Sh.10 1955). = Grandmither n. Sc.(E) 1933 W. Soutar Seeds in the Wind 31:
A mousie loupt oot o' his granminny's mutch.Ags. 1935 J. Angus Homecoming ii. i.:
Have you any wax, grandminnie?Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 56:
My granminnie, sae kind, sae douce
(Her peenie hings yet frae yon heuk)
Hir spikk gaed skippin throwe the hoose
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