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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1456, 1634
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Mouthful, n. [e.m.E. mouthfull (1530).] A mouthful. — 1456 Hay II. 135/27.
And a man wald ete a mouthful of myllet he suld never myster othir medicyne 1634 (1649) Select Biographies I. 384.
God … plucked them from their deceiving hopes, before they got half a bellyful, yea, or a lucky mouthful of the world
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