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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1531, 1596
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Hanche-bane, n. [e.m.E. hanche-, ME. haunche-bone (Chaucer).] The haunch- or hip-bone. —1531 Bell. Boece I. xxxiv.
We saw his hanche bane, als mekill as the haill bane of ane man 1596 Dalr. I. 46/29.
In his thie bane, or as we speik, his hanche bane
