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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1691
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Spaniel-like, adv. [e.m.E. spaniel-like (1591).] Like a spaniel. —1691 Kirk Secr. Commonw. (1964) 424.
Some charmers … must first, (spaniel-like) see and smel at something worn by the patient
