vallidom

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vallidom (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) worth; value
    • 1887, Amelia E. Barr, A Border Shepherdess: A Romance of Eskdale, page 92:
      Sae, if you hae made up your mind to hae his love, and sup sorrow wi' it, heed but ane word I say keep the staff in your ain hand, dinna let him hae power o'er the vallidom o' a thimble.

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