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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1682
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Queiken, v. [Of obscure derivation.] tr. ? To choke. — 1682 Lauder Observes App. iv 306.
The tyke might have been queikened ere it had been all over, ilk ply as it were rancountering another wresling and fighting in his hass
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