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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1689-1694
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Choffin(g)-dish, n. [Late ME. and e.m.E. chaffyndyche, chaffingdish. For the vowel cf. Choffer,n.] A chafing-dish. — 1689 A. Hay St. Germain's Royal Phys. 222.
Make balls, which ye shall put on coals, in a choffing dish 1694 Inchmahome Priory 163.
Ane pistoll and morter, ane copper choffin dish
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