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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1687
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Posh, n. [F. poche (de Furetière (1690) in Grove Dictionary of Music), also pochette, a small violin so called because dancing masters once carried it in their pocket.] A kit or small violin. — 1687 Bk. Old Edinb. C. XXVII 146.
I playd on the posh
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