| E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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at one time, meant a female infant, and was the correlative of boy. | 1 |
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Mercy on s! A barne, a very pretty barne. A boy or a child, I wonder?Shakespeare: Winters Tale, iii. 3. |
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