† lundressn.
Obsolete.
(See quot. 1695.)
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1695 W. Lowndes Rep. Amendm. Silver Coins 17 A Sterling..was once called a Lundress, because it was to be Coined only at London.
1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) ; and in later Dicts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1695- to give a person the shits
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