See merrie on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1991, Nicholas Hagger, Selected Poems (1960-1990): A Metaphysical’s Way of Fire, Element Books, →ISBN, page 76:",
"text": "And watch this ailing Knight of a Merrie day / Extend a sagging hand and fall into a chair; […]",
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],
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