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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1746

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HAIRBINE, n. A kind of cloth.Sc. 1746 Caled. Mercury (6 May):
A neat Assortment of the following Goods, viz. . . . Silk Grograms. Double Alapines. Single ditto. Hairbines.

[Phs. for *herbing, from Eng. herba, a sort of grass cloth made in India, Ital. herba, grass.]

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