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Quotation dates: 1690
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(Scharper,) Sharper, n. [e.m.E. sharper (1567); S(c)harp v.] Only in the phr. to medle at sharpers, = e.m.E. to fight at the sharp (18th c. at sharps), to fight with unbated swords. — 1690 Dunlop P. III 73.
Now I have borrowed the governor's toledo to answer all atacks whill I stay and as Mr. Smith observe they ar all unwilling to medle at sharpers with me: they like not my scymeter
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