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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1638
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(Huny-,) Honymoneth, n. [Mod. Eng. honey-month (1696–1710), surviving in 18th c. Sc. dial.; after e.m.E. (1546) honeymoon.] The honeymoon, the first month of marriage. —1638 Johnston Diary (1911) I. 336.
This tyme. .is the honymoneth betuixt the Lord and his runaway spous