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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1673
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Dead-shirt, n. [f. dead Dede n.2] A shroud. — 1673 Montgomery Mem. 333.
For holland to be dead shirt for my lord
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