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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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belliment
1
,
billament
noun
a door
20-
.
etymology:
origin obscure; also attested by Galloway and Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies,
BS in TDITA
and
SS
; collected by
EMcC/PS
note:
Cited by Canadian Paul Pope (2013) as ‘a front door’.