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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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bumbee
noun
a bumble bee:
Well, you’re the wee-est man ever I seen...Ye’re no the size o a bumbee.
18-
.
etymology:
Scots
bum
‘to hum loudly’ + English
bee
; attested by CH and
BS
both in TDITA