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Quotation dates: 1650
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(Plede-,) Pleid-house, n. ? Put for, or ? erroneous for, plege-hous, Pleg(e n. 6. Cf. Plede n. 5. — 1650 Dumfries Test. A.
For ane band … & putting it on the laugh pleid house doure
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