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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1447
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Lambkin. (MDu. lam(me)kijn, -ken, and e.m.E. lambkin (1579), a little lamb). The name of a ship. — 1447 Exchequer Rolls V. 276.
Pro reparacione navis vocate Lambkin 1447 Ib. 278.
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