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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1681
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(Slunger,) Slinger, n. [ME and e.m.E. slynger (Wyclif), slinger (1610); Slung n.] A person armed with a sling. — 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1751) 18.
Some had cross-bows, some were slingers; Some had only knives and whingers
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