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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1791
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¶INLER, n. One of the party in power (in Parliament). Used attrib. in quot.Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 160:
The Outlers grew sae mad Against ilk Inler purse-proud blade.
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