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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1653
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Turlupin, n. [17th c. Eng. turlupin (1639), OF turlupin, med. L. turlupinus a member of a heretical sect, later, an upstart, a person of no value (Cotgrave); F. tirelupin (Rabelais) ‘said by Duchat to be a name given in 1372 to a certain people who … lived on lupins which they gathered (tiraient)' (OED), a scoundrel (Cotgrave).] Only in Urquhart, translating tirelupin. — 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i Prol.
So saith a turlupin or a new start-up grub of my books [F. ung tirelupin de mes livres], but a turd for him
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