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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1570, 1632-1659
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(Pamphelet,) Pamflet(t, n.2 [e.m.E. pamphelet (1523), e.m.E. (1592) and ME. (1387) pamflet, ME. pamfilet Hoccleve, paunflet (Lydgate), appar. a generalized use of ME., OF. Pamphilet (see Pamphelet,n.1), Anglo-L. panfletus (14th c.), MDu. Panflet.] A pamphlet. Also comb. — 1570 Cal. Sc. P. III. 160.
Pamflettis 1659 Nicoll Diary 243.
Paperis and pamfletis —comb. 1632 Edinburgh Testaments LV. 282.
Fyftie nyne pamflett buikis
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