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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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CLIKKEN, n. ? The reading of the MS. is doubtful.Bwk. 1716 Proc. Bwk. Nat. Club (1914) 299:
In the outmost roum in the high storey— the stoups of a bed, six clikkens.