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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1810

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¶TILLER, n.² A box for keeping money.Slg. 1810 G. Galloway Honest Sutor's Mag. 4:
Wi' bags o' cash to buy and fill your tiller.

[Deriv., here prob. metri causa, of Eng. till, a money box. The form is also found once in Eng. (in Dryden).]

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