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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†DOCKAR, v. “To toil as in job-work, to labour” (Rxb. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry, Gl. s.v. daker).
[Origin uncertain, but ? cf. Dacker, v.1, n.1]
