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Tagged but not listed. — Ungoliant (falai) 19:33, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
- It certainly appears in a lot of word lists, but finding actual usages ...- the best I could find was:
- 2013, Captain Alexander Smith ( Arthur L. Hayward ), Key Writings on Subcultures 1535-1727: A Complete History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Notorious Highwayment, Footpads, Shoplifts, & Cheats of Both Sexes, →ISBN:
- Wherefore he was obliged to follow ill courses still, in becoming a very dextrous pickpocket; and in order to be a gainer by this employment, he daily haunted churches, fairs and markets, and all public meetings and great assemblies; till being (Anabaptist like) often dipped in a horse-pond, he left off picking pockets and got into a gang of satyrs, who are men living wild in the fields, that keep their holds and dwelling in the country and forsaken places, stealing horses, kine, sheep, and all other sort of cattle that come in their way.
- Kiwima (talk) 20:35, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
- The complication here, including with that quote, is that they might be calling the dunking/dowsing in water "Anabaptist like" comparing to a baptism. This book also references the name, but without any sources. - [The]DaveRoss 20:15, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 00:52, 19 July 2017 (UTC)