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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1603
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Tarloch, n. [? Gael. Tàrlaid a serf, a contemptible creature. Also in the later dialect.] A weak, worthless or contemptible person. — 1603 Philotus 1020.
I charge thé … Be ermeitis that in desertis dwellis, Be lumitoris and tarlochis
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