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(obsolete) A coarse woollen fabric made of daglocks, used for stuffing mattresses and furniture..
Our fathers (yea, and ourselves also) have lien full oft upon straw pallets, covered only with a sheet under coverlets made of dagswain or hopharlots (I use their own terms), and a good round log under their heads instead of a bolster or pillow.
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Dagswain means (obsolete) A coarse woollen fabric made of daglocks, used for stuffing mattresses and furniture..
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Our fathers (yea, and ourselves also) have lien full oft upon straw pallets, covered only with a sheet under coverlets made of dagswain or hopharlots (I use their own terms), and a good round log under their heads instead of a bolster or pillow.
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