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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1590, 1657-1658
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Mank, n. Also: mancke. [Cf. F. manque lack, want, deficiency, and Mank a.] A flaw or fault; an instance of botching or bungling. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxi. 12.
He that hes for his awin genȝie Ane plesand prop but mank or menȝie c1590 J. Stewart II. 3.
Ane … imperfyt prentes … takith … in hand … sum slycht cloth to susteine the sklents and manks of his cunnyngles clipping a1658 Durham Blessedness Death 5.
If we die not in Christ there is a great lett and mancke in our happinesse
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