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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1572
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Mother-wit. [e.m.E. mother wyt (1529), wit, late ME. moderis wytte (c 1440).] Native wit, common sense. — 1572 Sempill Sat. P. xxxviii. 18.
I wyte bot thy motherwit wemen ar vane
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