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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Underclenger, n. [Clenger n.] An assistant or deputy to one charged with cleansing and disinfecting (something). —1664 Edinb. B. Rec. IX 361.
Appoynts James Grahame … to be oversiear of the clenging of the shipp … and Robert Dobie and David Fergusone to be underclengers
