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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1673
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Land-loppan(d, a. [e.m.E. land-loping (1577), back-form. f. Land-lopper,n.] Roving, vagabond. —1673 Hawick Ann. 79.
Calling him a land loppon [sic] lowne