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yarras, yarries, yarrows, yerras noun plural eggs la19-. etymology: Romany; form yarrows, yarras attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies and BS in TDITA; form yerras attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies; form yarras collected by EMcC/PS; form yarries attested by JS; form yarrows attested by SS note:

Grellmann (1787) collected the form Jaros with the same meaning from Continental gipsies. Smart & Crofton (1875) collected the form Yóro, Yóri ‘egg’ from English Gypsies.

Canadian Paul Pope (2013) cites the form yerrars with the same meaning.