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Quotation dates: 1746
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†BAXTREY, n. The art of baking, the profession of a baker.Ags. 1746 J. McBain Arbroath (1887) 58:
Here is an extract from an indenture dated 21st March, 1746, where the lad "binds and obliedges himself faithfully, honestly, and truely to serve his said master in his Art and Calling of Baxtrey."
[From Baxter + -ie, -y, suff. O.Sc. baxtorie, 1548.]
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