† lecherwiten.
a perversion (after lecher n.1) of Old English legerwite (see lairwite n.).
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lairwitec1230
letherwite1297
lecherwitea1425
whore toll1545
buttock-mail?1552
stool-mail1837
a1425 ( in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1882) I. 52 Lecherwyt.
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