When did nose-picking became socially condemned?

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It certainly was condemned in the late Middle Ages. The Oxford English Dictionary has this delightful quotation, dated to circa 1450:

"Pike not þi nose; & moost in especial..to-fore þi souereyn cratche ne picke þee nouȝt."

In other words, "Don't pick your nose, and especially, don't scratch or pick in the presence of your sovereign."

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