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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1678-1698

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Jag-purse, n. Also: jegg-. (The first element may be the later Sc. and north. Eng. dial. jag a leather bag or wallet.) —1678 Misc. Scot. II. 12.
If they had not been feathered out of Isobel's jegg purse which ... maintained her sons at schools1698 Edinburgh Testaments LXXX. 295.
Ane jag purse with silver check

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