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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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(Blecher,) Bleicher, n. Also: bleitcher, bleatcher. [e.m.E. blecher (1550), bleecher.] A bleacher. 1606 Edinb. Test. XLI. 125 b.
Ionet Robeson bleitcher at Bellis mylne 1633 Acts V. 49/1.
The bleatchers of lining cloath 1641 Ib. 412/1.
The deceet vsed by the bleicheres 1701 Foulis Acc. Bk. 295.
To a bleicher wife … for bleitching
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