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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1698
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Tan-hole, n. [17th c. Eng. tan (1604) and Hole n. 2.] = Bark hole n. —1698 Edinb. B. Rec. XII 224 (see Tannar n.).
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