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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1677-1696
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Landlady, n. [e.m.E.: cf. Landis-lady.] — 1677 Cunningham Diary 13.
My wife allowed her woman to pay so much of the chamber maill so then keep it off the landlady 1696 Minnigaff Par. Rec. 9.
For saying that the souldier had dealt carnely with his landlady and her sister
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