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Quotation dates: 1573-1603
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Inlandis man, n. a. = Inland-man. b. One from this town, not a stranger or outsider. —a. 1573 Satirical Poems xlii. 173.
That as weill thay of Mynnie Gof … May haue the comfort of the word … As hes the burghis and inlandis men 1584-5 Laing MSS. I. 41.
In the said McOneillis company there was na inlandismanb. 1603 Rec. Old Aberd. I. 33.
Giff any person hes draiff and sellis it nocht for ane plack the pect to inlandis men
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