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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1685-1686
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Monzie, n. [Reduced form of Monsieur n. In the mod. dial., chiefly in extended senses, as munsie, also monsey.] A disparaging term for a Frenchman cf. Monsieur n. 2. — ? a 1686 (1725) A. Peden in P. Walker Biog. Presb. (1838) I. 79.
Saying O the monzies, the monzies will be thorow the breadth and length of the south and west of Scotland ? a 1686 Ib.
Oh the monzies, the French monzies, see how they run
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