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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1596
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(Plump,) Plumpe, n.2 (Late ME. plumbe (once, a 1450) an abrupt plunge or heavy fall.) —1596 Dalr. I. 161/7.
Quhen with a plumpe he fercelie fallis in al kynde of mischeife
