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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Spangaries, n. pl. [? Nonce-formation, f. Spang n.1] ? Some kind of ornamentation attached to clothes. — 1638 Bk. Pasquils 56.
Pyet preachers with shoulder ruffes … With knaping, traping, strapping strings, Buttons, boulace, ribands, and ringes, Poynts tangling heir, poynts tangling ther, And cotane spangaries eury quher
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"Spangaries n. pl.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 20 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/spangaries>
