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"text": "1644-1646, Francis Quarles, Boanerges and Barnabas—Wine and Oyle for […] afflicted Soules\nare we born to thrum caps or pick straw?"
}
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"text": "to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface"
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