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breabadair

-ean, sm Weaver. 2 One who kicks. [In Uist "breabadaireachd" was considered the lowest possible calling in which a man could take part. People seemed even ashamed to mention the word "breabadair." They used to say "breabadair, le cead na cuideachd," (a weaver, with the company's permission); breabadair nan casan loisgte, the burnt-legged weaver (used as a term of contempt).

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