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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pain(i)staking, vbl. n. [e.m.E. paynes taking (1556).] The taking of trouble or ‘pains’ Pain n. 6). — 1614 Fraser Sir-Name of Baird 54.
I gaif him sufficient recompense for his painstaking
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