Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
kerver .
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Examples
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The Pope had become to him Antichrist, — “the proud worldly priest of Rome — the most cursed of clippers and purse-kervers!”
Luther and Other Leaders of the Reformation 1823-1886 1883
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Theis kervers and cupberers ... them nedeth to be well spede in taking of degree in
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Forgete ye not my loor {e}/but looke ye ber {e} good yȝes vppoñ oþur co {n} nyng {e} kervers: now haue y told yow twise.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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This was in the days of rival popes at Rome and Avignon, and one or other or both had been described by the accused as "Antichrist, the proud, worldly priest of Rome, and the most cursed of clippers and purse-kervers." [
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Arthur Dimock
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Knights, to be kervers and cupberers in his Courte.’
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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So the Bannerettes, IIII, or Bacheler Knights (p. 32), who are kervers and cupberers, take ‘for wynter season, from
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Knights, to be kervers and cupberers in this courte.’
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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