English citations of yarrum and yarum

Noun: "milk" edit

1566 1612 1652
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  • 1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors[1], T. Bensley, published 1814, page 68:
    Shee hath a cacling chete, a grunting chete ruff pecke, cassan, and poppelars of yarum.
    Shee hath a hen, a pygge, baken, cheese, and mylke porrage.
  • 1612, Thomas Dekker, “A Canting Song”, in Lanthorne and Candle-light[2]:
    The Ruffin cly the nab of the Harman beck, / If we mawnd Pannam, lap, or Ruff pecke, / Or poplars of yarum: he cuts, bing to the Ruffmans, / Or els he sweares by the light-mans,
  • 1652, Richard Brome, A Joviall Crew: or, the Merry Beggars, play, first performed 1641:
    Here's Pannum and Lap, and good Poplars of Yarrum, / To fill up the Crib, and to comfort the Quarron.