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Quotation dates: 1658
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Knottles, a. [Common in the mod. dial. and also in the phr. knotless threid (which slips through the cloth and is unserviceable).] Futile, pointless. — 1658 R. Moray Lett. MS. 4/14 Jan.
I have litle to do that tells you so knottless and vulgar tales
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