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Quotation dates: 1788
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†BRANKSOME, adj. Dashing; “strutting; marching demonstratively” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., obs.).Edb. 1788 J. Macaulay Poems 126:
That heart, till than, I aye cou'd ca' my ain, While branksome wooers made their suit in vain.
