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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1478-1541
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Petit-custom(e, -custume, n. Also: pettit-. [Late ME. petit custome (1442). Cf. Petty-custom(e.] Petty customs. = Petty-custom(e n. — 1478 Acts Lords Auditors 60/1.
Anent the pettit custummis of the tovne of Disart 1482 Edinb. Chart. 167.
Petit custume 1493 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 66.
Petit customes 1540–1 Ib. II. 103.
For his petit customes of viij lastis hering and ane half
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