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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1672-1680
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(Pekar,) Peik-, Peak-, Pecker, n. [Var. of Pikar n.: cf. the note to Pekery n.] In Argyll: A thief. — 1672 Argyll Justic. Rec. I. 14.
To be brunt in the cheek with the lettir T as the mark of a peaker 1674 Ib. 44.
A notorious theif and peiker 1680 Ib. 119.
Repute … as a thief, pecker and idle villan and a sorner
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