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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1686
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Wankle, adj. [ME and e.m.E. wankel (1220), wankill (14th c.), wankle (1674), OE wancol, MDu. wankel.] Weak, unsteady. — 1686 G. Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. 50.
Your wankle leggs canno support ye Sae sit ye down, till I exhort ye
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