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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1610
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Fleche, n. [OE. fléah; the regular form in modern dial. is flech (with guttural ch).] A flea. — 1610 Criminal Trials II. 328.
I vow to God, yf I be not quyte of him, I sall putt ane fleche in his hoise
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