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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1647-1648
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(Piparlay,) Piperlaius, -larius, a. (Appar. obscurely founded on Pipar n.1) —?a1648 Polemo-Middinia 65.
Interea ipse ante alios piperlaius [v.r. piperlarius] heros Præcedens magnam gestans cum burdine pyppam