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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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Lipper-jay, n. A name given to the jay, possibly from a fancied resemblance of its appearance to that of a leper's skin (Lipper a. 1 a). — 16.. Descr. Dumfries in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. III. 191.
Jay called lipper-jayes, taught to speak as exactly as any parrat
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