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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1688-1689
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(Bak-,) Back-spearer, n. [f. Bak-speir,v.] A close questioner. — a1689 Cleland Poems 101.
He has been several times affronted By slie backspearers
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