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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†DIBLET, n. In phr. neither dish nor diblet, no table crockery whatever.Sc. 1706 Letter in Hist. MSS. Commission IV. 285 (E.D.D.):
I have a family now of six persons that eat within doors, and I have yet neither dish nor diblet, as we say, nor any sort of household furniture.