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strammel
ˈstrammel Obs. exc. dial. Also stramel. [Of obscure origin: cf. dial. scrammel in the same sense, also strummel.] ‘A lean, gaunt, ill-favoured person or animal’ (Miss Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk.).1706 E. Ward Hud. Rediv. I. xii. 19 Strutting about on hide-bound Strammel, Mounted like Turk upon a Camel...
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stammel
▪ I. stammel1 Now only arch. or Hist. (ˈstæməl) Also 6 stamele, -ill, ? erron. stanel(l, 6–7 stamel(l, stammell. [Corresponds to F. estamel (1611 in Godef.), mod. dial. estamelle, either f. estame + -el, -elle, or f. estamine stamin, by substitution of suffix; cf. the OF. synonyms estamet, estamot, ...
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strummel
▪ I. † ˈstrummel, n.1 slang. Obs. Forms: 6–7 strommell, 7 stromell, 7–8 strommel, 8 stramel, strumil, 8–9 strammel, 6–9 strummel. [perh. a. AF. *estramaille, straw bedding, f. OF. estramer: see stramage.] 1. Straw.1567 Harman Caveat (1869) 83 Strommell, strawe. Ibid. 85, I towre the strummel trine v...
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