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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1647-1648
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Mukdryv'ster, n. [Drive v. with suffix -ster as in baxter, bangster etc.] The driver of a dung-cart or of a pack animal conveying dung. — ?a1648 Polemo-Middinia 118.
Tum vero e medio mukdryv'ster prosilit unus, Gallant æus homo
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