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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1866

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CHAUFFER, n. “A person of a bad disposition” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 24). Not known to our Bnff. correspondents.Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 24:
He's a naistie chauffer o' a loon.

[Cf. Mod.Fr. chauffeurs, brigands who tortured people by burning their feet in order to force them to reveal where their money was hidden (Hatz. and Darm.). O.Sc. has chauf, to warm, 1456 (D.O.S.T.); O.Fr. chauffer, id. (Cotgrave).]

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