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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1456-1500, 1590-1639
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Lechour, n. Also: leicher. [ME. lechur (a 1225), -or, -our, le(c)ch(e)our, e.m.E. lecher, leacher, OF. lecheor, -eur, -ur, f. lechier v. Cf. also Licheour.] A lecher, a lewd person, a debauchee. — 1456 Hay I. 169/23.
The emperour Autovien, was he nocht a wikkit man and a grete lechour? a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i. 72.
Scho callit to hir cheir … An ald monk, a lechour, A drunkin drechour c1590 Fowler I. 380/55.
That the songe Of sousinge seas had drencht The leiche[r]s twayne & all the fyre Of loue by water quencht 1639 Fugitive Poetry II. xiv. 3/51.
This I forgott, the divell said to these leichers [sc. bishops]
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