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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fles(ch)-pryssar, -prissour, n. A fixer of meat-prices. — 1456 Peebles B. Rec. iii.
That ilk day [were made] fles pryssaris John Blaklok [etc.] 1488 Dunferm. B. Rec. 4.
Wat Caldwellis and Jamy Gerues, fles prissouris 1525 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 114.
[The] denis of gild, fless pilsars [sic], and other office
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