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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1671-1685
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Stunkard, adj. [Obscure. Also in the later dial.] Surly, sullen. — a1672 Select Biographies I 309.
I have been a rude, stunkard man all my dayes 1685 Sinclair Satan's Inv. World 153.
Her stunkard and ill nature bred suspicion
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