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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1567-1568
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Freprie, n. [OF. freperie, whence e.m.E. fripperie (1598).] A piece of old cloth. — a 1568 Satirical Poems xlviii. 74.
Thocht it be awld, and twenty tymis sawld, Ȝit will the freprie mak ȝow fane With vlis to renew it, and mak it weill hewit
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