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pishmol noun an ant: I think [thought the Bumblebee] I’ll gan to the king o the pishmols [to seek shelter] 20-. etymology: Scots, possibly a development of the obsolete Older Scots pismuill ‘an ant’ but see note below; Modern Scots has the form pish minnie with the same meaning; attested by CH and BS in TDITA note:

Smart & Crofton (1875) collected the forms Písham, poóshamer, goódlo-píshamer, goódlo-písham ‘a bee’ from English Gypsies. However, in TDITA Cathie Higgins tells the story of The Bumbee and the Pishmol, ie The Bumblebee and the Ant.