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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Barganour, Barganer, n. [ME. barganar. e.m.E. bargayner.]
1. A quarreller or wrangler.14.. Acts I. 90*/2.
That na barganour [tr. contumeliosus] within the boundis of the gyld sal ber a knyff with a poynt 1456 Hay II. 40/32.
Commoun tavernouris, … barganouris a1570-86 Maitl. F. xlvii. 69.
I forbid the be barganour In cumpany or grit bostour Ib. 101.
Be thair bauldlie ane barganour c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvi. 34.
Bostaris, braggaris, and barganeris, … All bodin in feir of weir
2. One who bargains or traffics.1666 Corshill Baron Ct. 71 (the defender being barganer for there wholl draff).
