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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1644
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Rambar(re, v.(F. rembarrer to repulse, or beat back, mod. Sc. rambarre (1827).) —1644 Hume Douglas 290.
They were quickly rambarred and beaten back by those that had been left … in the Court
