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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1664
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(Pluk,) Pluck, n. (e.m.E. and late ME. plucke act of plucking (c 1435). Cf. later Sc. dial. Pluck = ‘a mouthful of grass or the like taken by an animal as food’ (SND.).) — 1664 W. Guthrie Sermon 19.
For a pluck of grass or a beast going over the marsh you have taken up a standing quarrel
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