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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1470
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(Peper-,) Pepir-corn, n. [Late ME. (north.) peper-corne (a 1450), e.m.E. pepper-corne (Shakespeare), OE. piporcorn.] A peppercorn. — 1470 Prestwick B. Rec. 9.
For the quhilk he acht ȝerli … gef it be askit thre pepir cornis in annuele
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