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Search phrase: statute-cap

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Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.281Well, better wits have worn plain statute-caps.Well, better wits haue worne plain statute caps,

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statute-capwoollen cap ordered (by an Act of 1571) to be worn on Sundays and holy days by all below a certain social rank

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Clothing...ng basin or soup-bowl statute-cap lll v ii 281 m f woo...

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CAPTYPEstatute-cap n
STATUTECLOTHINGstatute-cap n

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