jan 1, 1561 - puke

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This sometimes described a dark colour, but more commonly it referred to a dark and expensive woollen cloth used for items of clothing. 1485 <i>una toga de pewyke furrata cum shankes, xiijs</i>, Ripon (SS64/369); 1486 <i>To my cousin ... a fyne blak puke bonet, nekked</i>, Beverley (SS53/19); <i>c.</i>1537 <i>a gowne of pewke, furred with blak cony</i>, Halifax (YRS45/189); 1561 <i>to the said Nicholes my cote of black puke</i>, Leeds (Th27/338).

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