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Quotation dates: 1499-1515, 1604-1605
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Flyrdome, Flirdome, n. [f. Flyre v.] Mockery, scorn; an object of scorn. a1500 Henr. Fab. 1000.
Schir tod, tak ȝe the flyrdome, and the fon c1515 Asloan MS I. 224/4.
Than thai come with a flyrdome, and said thai come for na ill of him ne his childer a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 494.
A myten, full of flyting, flyrdom (maist) lyke a1605 Montg. Flyt. 84 (T).
Ȝoure [v.r. foule] flirdome wanfuckit
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