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- 1598.4 + (<p>"People have often regarded Flori … <p>"People have often regarded Florio's expression in his Italian Dictionary (1598) <em>cricket-a-wicket</em> as the first mention (cf #[[1598.2]] and #[[1598.3]], above) of the noble game. It were strange indeed if this great word first dropped from the pen of an Italian! I have no doubt myself that this is a mere coincidence of sound. . . . [C]ricket-a-wicket must pair off with 'helter-skelter,' higgledy-piggledy, and <em>Tarabara</em> to which Florio gives gives cricket-a-wicket as an equivalent."</p></br><p> </p>Florio gives gives cricket-a-wicket as an equivalent."</p> <p> </p>)