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Quotation dates: 1622-1642
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Tilli(e)milkum, Tillimilcum, Tillumilkume, n. [?] Some variety of fabric. — 1622 Edinburgh Testaments LI 282.
Ane skirt of tillumilkume new with blak silk pasmentes thairon 1624 Edinburgh Testaments LII 236.
xlv ellis of tillimilkum at v li. the elne 1628 Edinburgh Testaments LIV 234b.
Tilliemilkum 1634 Edinburgh Testaments LVI 220.
Ane doublet and skirt of tillimilkum 1642 Edinburgh Testaments LX 194.
Tillimilcum
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