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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mukdryv'ster, n. [Drive v. with suffix -ster as in baxter, bangster etc.] The driver of a dung-cart or of a pack animal conveying dung. —?a1648 Polemo-Mid. 118.
Tum vero e medio mukdryv'ster prosilit unus, Gallant æus homo

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