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Quotation dates: 1710
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DOMINSELL, n. Household goods, articles used in the home.Lth. 1710 A. Mackay Bk. Mackay (1906) 443:
Sheep, yows, wedders, rams, lambs, goats, kids, insight plenishing, outainsell, and dominsells.
[Corrupted form (poss. a misreading) of O.Sc. domicile, id., 1471, freq. in phr. utensil and domicile, from Lat. domicilium, a house, residence, the exact development of meaning being unclear. Poss. from an attrib. use of the word.]
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