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Word: skrimjer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1939-1939
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Engagement Broken. Mary Ellery Channing, Boston post-debutante, and David Scrymgeour (pronounced skrimjer) Wedderburn, Royal Scots Guards officer, equerry to the Duke of Gloucester; in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 15, 1939 | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

Scrymgeour is pronoonced Skrimjer as it was when th' Heilanders defeated th' Sassan-ach at Bannockburn. aye an' at Prestonpans ferbye (an' if ye dare mention Flodden Field or Culloden, I'll slit yer throats wi' ma rusty Claymore an' feed yer misbegotten flesh tae th' Eagles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 9, 1939 | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

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