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nonshenchus

nonshenchus [ASME non < nona+ME shenche < AS scenc] , nuncheon, ‘noon-cup’, light refreshment in the afternoon. 1375 in ij nouncheynchis ad dictos Nicholaum et famulum suum, iij d Arch. Bridgw. 297 p. 222; 1399 pro nonschenchis datis carpentario in fabricacione ‥ cloace Ac. Chamb. Cant. 137b; 1411 pro nonschenchis pro operariis apud le Lyon diversis temporibus Ib. 138a.

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