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Quotation dates: 1503-1505
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(Plaster-,) Plaistirman, n. [Plaster n.1] A plasterer; cf. Plasterar n. — 1503 Treasurer's Accounts II. 274.
With the expens of the plaistirman brocht hame for wirking of the said plaistir 1503 Ib. 381.
To the Inglis plaistirman 1504 Ib. 324.
The Franch plaistirman 1505 Ib. III. 164.
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