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aunt (1 peculiar to S.; 2 common 17th c. sense)
1. old woman, gossip MND. II. i. 51 “The wisest aunt, telling the saddest tale.”
2. light woman Wint. IV. ii. [iii.] 11
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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    • William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, 4.2
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