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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Knok-,) Knock-waiter, n. = Knok-keper. —1692 Conv. Burghs IV. 641.
This burgh [Tain] payes yeirly to the knock waiter and bell attender the sowme of fourty pownds
