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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1666-1674
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Tilly-soule, n. [? Cf. Soil(l n. the ground of an estate, etc. Also in the later dial.] A private inn or lodging house. — 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 496.
Lovat … imployed workmen, … for building a stone house … neare his own gate, as a tilly soule for accommodating off strangers resorting to that place
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