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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(Swete brede,) Sweit breid, Suiet bread, n. [e.m.E. sweete breade (1565); Swet(e adj. and Brede n.1] A sweetbread, the pancreas of an animal used for food. — 1671 Sc. Hist. Rev. LXI 154.
For egges caperes lame stovies & sweit breids 4 s. 6 d. 1698 Marchmont 183.
[Bill of Fare]: Suiet breads
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