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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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heid yin
noun
leader, the person in authority:
Calmly I enlighted my cousin that the German heid yin was found feet up in a bucket.
20-
.
etymology:
Scots; attested by
JS
note:
The more common Scots phrase is
high heid yins
with the same meaning as above.