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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Hee-one, n. [He a. 2 a.] A person of high rank, a ‘great one’. — 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. ii. 13.
Among the rest he did espy ones, Whom he conceived to be hee-ones
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