bourding

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• many a true word is spoken in jest — c 1390 CHAUCER Monk’s Prologue 1. 1964 Be nat wrooth, my lord, though that I pleye. Ful ofte in game a sooth [truth] I have herd seye! a 1628 J. CARMICHAELL Proverbs in Scots no. 1099 Manie suith word said in bourding [jesting]. c 1665 in… …   Proverbs new dictionary