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Court of piepowders - Wikipedia
A court of piepowders was a special tribunal in England organised by a borough on the occasion of a fair or market. en.wikipedia.org
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piepowder - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(obsolete) Chiefly in court of piepowders, etc. (sense 2): a traveller, particularly one on foot; a wayfarer; specifically, a travelling merchant. en.wiktionary.org
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PIEPOUDRE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PIEPOUDRE is traveler, wayfarer; especially : an itinerant merchant. www.merriam-webster.com
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piepowder
piepowder, a. and n. (ˈpaɪpaʊdə(r)) Forms: 3 (adj.) pepoudrous, -rus, Sc. piepowdrous, pipouderous, -rus, pipuderous, 5 pypoudrus; (n.) 4 pipoudre, 5–6 pepowder, 5–9 pipowder, 6 pipoulder, 6–8 pye(-)powder, 7 pye-poulder, -pouldre, pi-, pie-, pypouder, pypoudre, 7–8 py(-)powder, 7– pie(-)powder, 8– ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Medieval England's piepowder courts - Notes from the U.K.
It was the lowest level of common-law justice in medieval England. As the Britannica puts it, it was constituted by merchants. notesfromtheuk.com
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A.Word.A.Day --piepowder - Wordsmith.org
The term piepowder literally means dusty-foot, a poetic nod to the grime that clung to merchants as they wandered from fair to fair, hawking ... www.wordsmith.org
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pypowder
pypoudre, pypowder etc., var. piepowder. Oxford English Dictionary
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PIEPOWDER definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
English history a travelling market trader, merchant, or similar traveller.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video. www.collinsdictionary.com
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Piepowder Court, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun Piepowder Court is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for Piepowder Court is from 1574. Nearby entries. pieman, n ... www.oed.com
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Piepowder, are you? - The Economic Times
Learning new words is always exciting, especially when their meanings are interesting. Take, for instance, the word 'piepowder'. m.economictimes.com
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Piepowder Court: Definition and Historical Significance
The term "pie powder" is derived from the French phrase for a traveling merchant, "pied puldreaux," which was adopted by the Scots to describe foreign traders. legal-resources.uslegalforms.com
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Piepowder - World Wide Words
Piepowder. Pronounced /ˈpʌɪpaʊdə/ Help with pronunciation. This ancient word was originally the Anglo-French pied-poudreux, meaning someone ... www.worldwidewords.org
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pipouder
pipouder, -poulder etc., var. piepowder. Oxford English Dictionary
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Old Town Hall, Whitby
upper floor, accessed by a spiral staircase in the centre of the lower floor, is where the Court Leet of Whitby, the Court of Pleas and the Court of Piepowder wikipedia.org
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dustyfoot
† dustyfoot Sc. Obs. In 6 dustifit, 7 dustifut(e. [A transl. of med.L. pede pulverosus ‘dusty of foot’ = vagans wandering, travelling, in AF. piépoudreux: see piepowder.] A wayfarer, traveller; spec. a travelling pedlar or merchant. (In quot. 1570 applied to Death personified.) Obs. exc. Hist.a 1400... Oxford English Dictionary
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