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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1604-1691
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(Cheping,) Cheiping, a. Also: cheaping. [f. Chepe v.1] Chirping. a1605 Montg. Son. xlviii. 1.
Sweet Philomene, with cheiping chyrris and charris 1643 Edinburgh Testaments LX. 270 b.
Sex dossane of cheiping cockis for bairnes 1691 Foulis Acc. Bk. 131.
For a spouting pear … and a cheaping bird
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