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Quotation dates: 1618-1634, 1700+
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Peropus, Piropus, n. Also: perropus, parropus, parops; pyropus; powropos. [e.m.E. (c 1605–1625) peropus, piropus, parapos, paropa, of unknown origin.] ‘A double camlet popular during the first half of the 17th century, closely akin to paragon and filozella’ (C. R. Beard).(a) 1618 Edinburgh Testaments L. 163.
Remaines of peropus 1620 Ib. 352.
Thrie hundreth … elnis of currell and peropus price of the elne [50/-] 1626 Ib. LIV. 25 b.
With ane skirt and doublet of new peropus 1628 Ib. 235.
Thrie elnes deroy peropus pryce of all [£4] 1629 Tailor's Acc. Bk. B. 6 b.
Maid to ȝour wyfe ane waiscoit of perropus with twa paismentis 1634 Brechin Testaments V. 136 b.
Of parops & parropus thrie stick pryce of the stick xxx lib.(b) 1621 Edinburgh Testaments LI. 22.
Gyngeleine piropus … sad greine piropus at iiij merkis the elne 1623 Ib. LII. 26 b.
Piropus at [33/4] the elne 1624 Ib. 141.
Ane pair of breikis of greine piropus 1624 Ib. 322.
Silk piropus 1627 Brechin Testaments IV. 291.
Aucht elnis piropus pryce xij lib. a1706 Fife Laird in Watson's Coll. i. 28.
No china, turky, taffety, No proud pyropus, paragon Or chackarally, there was none(c) 1620 Tailor's Acc. Bk. A. 98 b.
For ane ell of powropos 43s. 8d. the ell
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