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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mislabourer, n. [Labourar n.] One who cultivates (land or particular land) badly, a bad or inefficient cultivator. —1684 Glamis Bk. Record 10.
The tenendrie … were a race of evill doers, desolate fellowes and mislabourers of the ground
