See patchery on Wiktionary
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"ref": "c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:",
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"text": "Timon: I, and you heare him cogge, ſee him diſſemble / Know his groſſe patchery, loue him, feede him / Keepe in your boſome: yet ramain aſſur’d / That he’s a made-up villaine.",
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"ref": "1978, Derek Roper, Reviewing Before the Edinburgh 1788-1802, University of Delaware Press, page 281",
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"ref": "1856, Henry Mason Baum, “The Ministry a Pleasant Work”, in The Church Review., page 532:",
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},
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