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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Katy,) Katie unsell. Applied to a woman of bad character. = Kittie unsell. — 1540 Lynd. Sat. 671.
[Dissait:] For Katie vnsell was my mother, And common theif my father-brother
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