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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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(Canaille,) Cannaille, n. [F. canaille; in Eng. from 1670.] The rabble. — 1588 Events Q. Mary 54.
We are blyth that the cuntraith of France is deliverit of the tyranny of sic cannaille
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