ˈdaimen, a. Sc.
Also 9 demmin.
[Origin unknown. In Ayrshire pronounced as ˈdemmin.
(Perh. a pple.: cf. Whitby daum'd out, dealt out sparingly.)]
‘Rare, occasional’ (Jam.).
| 1785 Burns To a Mouse, A daimen-icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request. 1821 Edin. Mag. Apr. 352 (Jam.) At a demmin time I see the Scotchman. [Still in use in Ayrshire, as in ‘a daimen ane here and there’.] |