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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1669
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(Stripling,) Stirpling, n. [ME and e.m.E. stryplynge (Trevisa), striplynge (c1400), stripling (1611); Strip n.] A stripling, a youth. — 1669 Jus Populi 438.
Doubtlesse you are the men … to manage the matters of God's house, and to rule the young stirplings 1669 Jus Populi 439-40.
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