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Quotation dates: 1668
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Siddishous, n. pl. (Of obscure origin and meaning, ? perhaps a var. of sideshow, which however is not recorded by OED before 1855. Cf. S(c)haw n.2) — 1668 Maxwell Mem. II 314.
Lett itt newer be sayd that you … will be so wadded to your own opinion as to suffer yoursilf to be rancked amongest the siddishous, or mislyd by any that affter eages [sic] will be called rebelles
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