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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1657
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Langsands, n. pl. [Appar. Lang a. 3; sands as of an hour glass. Also in the later dial.] ‘A long process of litigation.’ — 1657 Johnston Diary (1940) 92.
[Our business referred] to an extrinsek comittee. . which troubled us as being the langsands
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