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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1646
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Playfull, a. [Play n.] ? Spent in diversion or sportive action. —1646 Craig-Brown Selkirkshire I. 450.
[No collection on 8 Jan. in respect of fear of the plague, great humbling being in the kirk-yard; nor on the last of August] Montrois his playfull day
