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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1896

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†THILL, n. Gen. in pl.: the shafts of a cart. Also fig.Kcb. 1896 Crockett Grey Man xlvii.:
Now you yourself are in the thills.

[Also in Eng. dial. and poss. borrowed thence. Mid.Eng. thylle, id., of uncertain orig.]

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