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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1597-1633, 1688
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Bankrupt. n. Also: bankeroupt, -rup; bankrompt. [e.m.E. bankrupt, banckeroupte, etc.: cf. Bankeroutt.] Bankruptcy, a bankrupt. —1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Dyour (to make bankrupt). 1622-6 Bisset I. 271/13 (protectionis socht by bankromptis). 1633 Red Bk. Menteith I. 369 (as if I war a bankeroupt). 1688 Glamis Bk. Rec. 91 (merchants sometyms prove bankerups).
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