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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1507-1508
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Throp, prop. n. (Appar. a name associated, erroneously, with Chaucer's Criseyde. See Bruce Dickins in Times Literary Supplement 10 July 1924, 436.) — a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 540.
Throp thy nere nece, and austerne Olibrius
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