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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Phingrim. Var. of fingrum, s.v. Fing(e)ring n. (= a kind of woollen cloth). —1661 Acts VII. 253/2.
Phingrim being a sort of plaiding ilk hundred ells three ounces
