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Quotation dates: 1513
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(Mis-,) Myschancy, a. [f. Mischance n.] Unlucky, unfortunate. a. Boding ill-fortune, ill-omened. b. That is or has been the victim of misfortune. — 1513 Doug. ii. iv. 85.
That myschancy monstre quently bet 1513 Ib. ix. vii. 137.
His frend and fallow deir That sa myschancy was
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