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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1688-1689
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(Wenchie,) Whinchie, n. [Dimin. of Wench n., a girl, a young woman.] — a1689 Cleland 47.
How they gott off and how things past Ye'l hear when my Parnassus whinchie Gets of Fount Cablin a pounchie … And hatcht up with lumps of verses
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