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Quotation dates: 1643
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Inswoman, n. [Cf. e.m.Sw. inneskvinna, a woman lodger.] In Orkney: ? A servant-woman who lives in. — 1643 Misc. Abbotsf. C. 182.
Ȝe being inswoman in the said William Kirknes hous, as hewas ryseing in the morneing, he hard ȝow say to ȝour doghter, [etc.] 1643 Dalyell Darker Superst. 256.
Helen Hunter, inswoman in Brugh
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