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1703 Let. from Ld. High Admiral 16 Feb. in R. D. Merriman Queen Anne's Navy (1961) vii. 231 Nor are you to pay any surgeon whatsoever the allowance free-gift till such time as they produce unto you certificates..that their chests are supplied with medicines as they ought to be.

1708 Monopoly made Property 67 Your Clerk, or Agent, shall be impower'd to receive our Free-Gift Bills,..tho' our selves are order'd to receive the same.

1742 J. Atkins Navy Surgeon (new ed.) sig. b8 Every Surgeon..receives Wages, Free-Gift, and Two-Pences.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Queen Anne's Free Gift, a sum of money formerly granted to surgeons annually, in addition to their monthly twopences from each man.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 20 May 2/1 The ‘taster’, a free gift bestowed of yore in order to retain the..goodwill of regular but temporarily impecunious customers.

1909 Daily Chron. 28 July 7/6 (advt.) Make use of the Free Coupon printed here and you will receive..a free-gift parcel containing a Bottle of Guy's Tonic.

1961 R. D. Merriman Queen Anne's Navy vii. 220 Surgeons'..basic pay..stood at £5 a lunar month. To this must be added..the ‘free gift’, a money allowance for equipping his medicine chest.

1965 Guardian 19 May 7/1 Gimmicks and the offering of free gifts to promote sales were condemned.

1990 Amiga User Internat. May 81 (advt.) When you buy the Amiga 500..we will also give you some spectacular free gifts.

2004 S. Hunter Hell Bent for Leather (2005) ii. 30 You couldn't really buy patches around Winchester or Southampton—often you had to rely on getting one as a free gift in a special 12-inch single.