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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1577
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(Tulȝesumnes,) Tuilȝesomenes, n. [e.m.E. toilesomnesse (1586).] Aggressive behaviour, brawling. — 1577 Bk. Univ. Kirk I 396.
Sundrie heids of slander layand against him, as … drunkennes, tuilȝesomenes, selling of the sacraments
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