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- derogatoryno pluralobsoleteslangA trifle, an insignificant amount.
My wife lies in; a foutra for promoters!
c. 1613, Thomas Middleton, Chaste Maid in Cheapside2 more examples
A foutra for the world and worldlings base!
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]A foutra for thy hand, thy heart, thy braine.
1601 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], What You Will, London: […] G[eorge] Eld, for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the page)
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