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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1527, 1590
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Loker, Locker, n. [Late ME. and e.m.E. loker(e. locker, a stopper (1417), a box with a lock (Prompt. Parv.), f. Lok n.1 or v.] A receptacle with a lock within a larger piece of furniture. — 1527 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 117.
The Egiptiens tuk out of Thomas Watsouns hous tua siluer spounis liand in the locker of ane schryne 1590 Edinburgh Testaments XXI. 267 b.
In the loker of the kist … tua crounes
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