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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1719

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†WRACKER, n. An inspector of goods employed to reject unsound or faulty wares.Sc. 1719 Rec. Conv. Burghs (1885) 217:
By means of wrackers of herrings to be imported there [Hamburg]. . . . Ane overseer of these wrackers.

[O.Sc. wraker, id., 1584, ad. M.L.Ger. wraker, id., M.L.Ger., Mid. Du. wraken, to reject the wrak or rubbish. See note to Wrack, n.]

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