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Quotation dates: 1679
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Porterer, n. [? Var. of e.m.E. porture (1542, 1570) a portrait, image, effigy, f. porture Porture v.] — 1679 Russell Account 418.
And opening a cloak-bag they found moe papers and a Bible full of porterers
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