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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1618, 1683-1684
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Mother-son(e. [e.m.E. and ME. moder-son(e, -sune (a 1240), e.m.E. mother's son, mothers soonne (1542).] a. (One's) mother's son, oneself. b. The son of a mother, a man. Man and mother-son, men generally, all men. — 1618 Criminal Trials III. 444.
He had affirmet … that gif he gat nocht his intent befoir the justice … he sould wair his mother sone vpon him also 1683-4 Dick Testim. 11.
It were our duty, man and mother-son, from the highest to the lowest
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