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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1678
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Stramineous, adj. [e.m.E. stramineous (1621), L. strāmineus, f. strāmen straw.] lit. Consisting of straw, hence in fig. use: Valueless, worthless. — 1678 Fountainhall Decis. I 19.
Tis a wonder to astonishment, that such an umbratile, fictitious, imaginary, and stramineous kind of payment as what is inferred by accepting a precept shall … infer an obligation … for payment … when there was none stipulated
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