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Toun(es) box, n. [17th c. Eng. town box (1659).] The box containing the public funds, etc. of a town. (Box n.) — 1656 Dumfries Council Min. MS 25 Feb.
Delyverit be the counsall to the thesaurer to be putt in the tounes box 1684 Peebles B. Rec. II 112.
That no burgessis or gild brethren … be admitted under the compositiones following … Ane burges air in his fathers lyftyme, five merks to the toun box, and fyve merks to the dean of gild box
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