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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1621
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Chapprone, n. [e.m.E. chapron, earlier and ME. chaperon, F. chaperon.] A woman's cap or hood. —1621 Edinburgh Testaments LI. 91.
Thrie pair perlit chapprones for hir heid
