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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1683
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Lidingtown. [In the later dial. as Ledington: ? f. Ledington or Lethington in E. Lothian.] The name of a variety of apples. —1683 Reid Gardner (1683) 12I (Jam.).
We have also … for the kitchen the Codling, Lidingtown and Rubies
