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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1655
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(Scavangerie,) Skaffingerie, n. [e.m.E. scavengery (1656); Scavanger n.] Municipal street cleaning and refuse collection. —1655 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII 388.
To meitt with Mr. Barrenger … anent his undertaking the skaffingerie of the toun