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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1685
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Dams, n. pl. [e.m.E. dammes (1580), F. dames, pl. of dame lady.] The game of draughts. — 1685 Erskine Diary 167.
A coffee house … where I stayed about a quarter of an hour, … some were playing at the dams in it
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