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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1602, 1680
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Burdiner, Burdinger, n. [f. Burdin(g n.1] A ‘burdentaker’ (see Burdin n. 2). — 1602 Montgomery Mem. 245.
Be contract … maid betuix thame … and me for my selff and burdiner for my said sone 1680 Glasgow Chart. II. 205.
John Bell, … gave in his clame against the toune of Greinock and … Sir John Shaw, as burdinger for them
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