Thackster

Obs. exc. dial. Also 5 thac-, thakstare, 6 thaxster. See also THATCHESTER. [f. THACK v.¹ + -STER.] = THACKER.

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c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 52/2. Broche for a thacstare, firmaculum. Ibid., 490/1. Thakstare, sartitector.

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1533. in Blomefield, Hist. Norfolk (1806), III. 206. The Reders, Thaxsters, Rede-sellers,… with their banner.

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1787. W. Marshall, E. Norf., Gloss. (E.D.S.), Thackster, a thatcher.

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a. 1825. Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, Thacker, Thackster, a thatcher.

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