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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1558-1566, 1649
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(Sleping,) Sleiping, Sleaping, ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. slepying (Chaucer); Slep(e v.] Sleeping, in fig. context. — 1558-66 Knox I 39.
To curse all … that keapis our corne better nor the sleaping boy 1649 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 587.
It is not good to awalkin sleiping doges
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