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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1681
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Pinie, n. ? Cf. Poinȝé n. (= a battle). —1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1796) i. 586.
Who first began the war in Guinea? Where Holms and Ruyter played at pinie