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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dog ledder, lether, n. [e.m.E. dogges leather (1593).] Leather made from dog-skin. — 1586 Edinb. Test. XV. 329.
Fyftene pair of doubill dog ledder … gluifis 1597 Ib. XXX. 53 b.
Tua frenche sadillis, … the ane couerit with purpour veluot, the vther with dog ledder 1626 Ib. LIII. 338.
Ten pair of doglether glovis
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