† volgen.
Obsolete. rare.
The mob; the common crowd.
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rascala1382
rascaldry?1457
routc1475
tag and ragc1535
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raggle-taggle1958
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xxix. 219 He would profer to fight with any mean person, if cried up by the volge for a tall man.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. xi. 196 One had as good be dumb, as not speak with the Volge.
1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 29 Nor did the Volge know when, nor could their Boutefeus tell where to cease.
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