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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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sgeamhas
,
sgeemhas
verb
to drink
20
.
etymology:
origin obscure; Shelta has
sqeamas
‘drunk’; attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies; form
sgeemhas
collected by McCormick