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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1619
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Mascavado. [e.m.E. muscovado (1642), Span. mascabado adj., (sugar) oflowest quality.] Muscovado, a type of unrefined sugar. — 1619 Reg. Great S. 756/2.
Saccarum vilius et crassius cujuscunque generis, et nominatim saccarum panceles, Sanct-Thomas et mascavados vocatum
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