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Quotation dates: 1662
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(Whigamorish,) Vigamorish, adj. [Whiggamaire n.] Extreme Presbyterian or Covenanting, by or in the style of Covenanters. — 1662 Peterkin Orkney & Zetl. App. 106.
The requyred levies were a little interrupted by a vigamorish insurrection amongst the clowns and commons of this countrie, headed by one Currey
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