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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dorts, n. pl. [Cf. Dorty a.] Sulks, ill-humour. —a1661 Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 91.
Let your soul … take the dorts as we use to speak 1637 Ib. (1671) 180.
At my first coming here, I took the dorts at Christ
