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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1571
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Todlyar, compar. adj. [Tod n.1] Craftier. —1571 Satirical Poems xxix 33.
The preist … his concubine wald hyde in hoill and boire … The ministre, far todlyar, his hure in houshold chereis