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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1569-1573, 1674
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Blewcoat, -coit, n. [e.m.E. (1593).] One wearing a blue coat; spec. a blue-gown. —1569-73 Bann. Memor. 91.
Thare began flyting .; ‘Away blewcoate!’ ‘I defy thé, whytcoite!’ 1674 Glasgow B. Rec. III. 180.
Quhen the blewcoatis wer put out by the toune
