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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1824
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BRODDER, n. A goad, instrument of torture. Arch.Ayr. 1824 A. Crawford Tales of my Grandmother (1825) I. 233:
Robin instantly set about preparing his instruments of torture — a four-inch brodder for a white witch — a six-inch for a black one.
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