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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1586
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Popillion, n. [e.m.E. and ME popilion (1398), -ylyon, also e.m.E. pompillion (Cotgrave), OF popelion (a 1300, P. Meyer in OED), f. as Populeon n.: cf. Popillo n.] = Populeon. — 1586 Edinburgh Testaments XVI 366.
Four pund wecht of popillion at vj s. viij d. the pund wecht
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