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Quotation dates: 1696
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Schofinger, n. [Cf. ME and e.m.E. chauf(en (c1325), chafyn (Prompt. Parv.), OF chauffer (12th c. in Larousse) to warm, chauffoir (13th c. in Larousse) a room for providing warmth, F. chauffeur (1680 in Larousse) one in charge of heating.] ? One whose duty it is to attend to the warming of a room or rooms. — 1696 Comm. Univ. II (Glasg.) App. 460.
To the bedallus, fourty pounds … to the chamberman, twenty merks, and to the schofinger, twenty merks
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