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Murrays New English Dictionary. 1901, rev. 2022.
† Flimmer
Obs.
[? f. F
LIM
-(
FLAM
)
sb.
or
v.
+ -
ER
1
.] ? A chatter-box, gossip.
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1515. Barclay,
Egloges,
III.
145.
But rurall flimmers, and other of our sort
Unto thy lodging, or court when they resort,
They chat, they bable.
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