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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1587
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(Scoffry,) Skoffrie, n. [e.m.E. scoffery (1577); Scoff v.] Mockery, derision. — 1587 Perth Kirk S. in Spottiswoode Misc. II 260.
Bessie Glass … has in the mercat place of this town, … in her skoffrie unnaturally and ungodly injured and defamed … Mr. George Ruthven
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