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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1666
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Sawcer, n. (? MF saucier (15th c. in Larousse) ‘saucer’, sauce-maker, also med. L. salsarius, sausarius (1201 and 1415 in Latham). —1666 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. II 424.
Jo. Scot the sawcer of Edinburgh