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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Loussing, ppl. a. [Cf. Lows v.3 and e.m.E. loosing, losynge (1519).] Losing, being the loser not the winner (at cards). —1637–8 Game at Cairds in Bk. Pasquils (1827) III. 87.
The King wins from the loussing commonweill, The courte keipes staikes, the nobillis let and peel
