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- noun Plural form of
guisard .
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In Chambers's _Popular Rhymes_ (ed. 1870, p. 169), it is said that the doings of the guisards (masquers) form a conspicuous feature in the
A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide John Ashton
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Edinburgh during the Christmas vacation, had become a sort of lion in the place, and was lead in leash from house to house along with the guisards, the stone-eater, and other amusements of the season, which
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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a sort of lion in the place, and was lead in leash from house to house along with the guisards, the stone-eater, and other amusements of the season, which “exhibited their unparalleled feats to private family-parties, if required.”
The Monastery 2008
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