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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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(Wescher wyf,) Wesher wife, Vasher veif, n. [Germ. Wäscherweib. Also in the later dial.] A washerwoman, a launderess. —(a) 1674 Sc. Ant. I 178.
Wesher wife 16 s. —(b) 16… Boyd Fam. P. No. 251c.
A six pens to the vasher veif
