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Quotation dates: 1767
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†BIRTHMAN, n. A boatman.Bnff. 1767 Burgh Court Bk. in W. Cramond Annals of Banff (1891) I. 266:
The magistrates have appointed . . . J. Petrie in place of Alexander Clerk and to have his scape and Andrew Petrie and William Petrie to be birthmen in the said boat.
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