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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Loussing, ppl. a. [Cf. Lows v.3 and e.m.E. loosing, losynge (1519).] Losing, being the loser not the winner (at cards). — 1637–8 Game at Cairds in Bk. Pasquils (1827) III. 87.
The King wins from the loussing commonweill, The courte keipes staikes, the nobillis let and peel

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