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sign (n.) Old form(s): Signe
publicity sign, advertisement
2H4 II.iv.244[Falstaff to Doll, of why Prince Harry loves Poins] 'a ... wears his boots very smooth like unto the sign of the leg [i.e. like one showing outside a boot-maker's shop]
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