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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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¶FASHOUREST, adj. Most reliable, dependable. Nonce.Dmf. 1838 Letters T. Carlyle to his Brother (Marrs 1968) 449:
Poor Tongleg, truest-hearted, fashourest of men.
[Appar. a slurred form of for surest, quasi-superl. form from ‘for sure’.]
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