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Quotation dates: 1599-1603
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(Pol-,) Pull-, Poilonoyis, adj. [Appar. F. polonais, ? earlier -ois, Polish: cf. Polis adj. (But cf. also Pullion-breeches.)] — 1599 Treasurer's Accounts MS 80 b.
Ȝallow muschit taffatie to doublet and breikis of pullonoyis fassioun 1603 Ib. 284.
Ȝallow Spanis taffatie to … lyne the lang cuttis of his breikis being poilonoyis
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