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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as stock-farmer.
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“Mackay was entertained by Macechan, who was a respectable store-farmer, from his earliest life to his marriage.”
The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century
“At length, when our pedestrian began to supply the wants of little Wasp, the Scotch store-farmer, for such was Mr. Dinmont, found himself at leisure to enter into conversation.”
“Weel, the better for them that bides in tanswered the store-farmer.”
“ELSPETH (_Auld_), the old servant of Dandie Dinmont, the store-farmer of Charlie's Hope.”
“What, it may be asked, could not be done by every store-farmer following the example of M. Graux?”
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Volume 18, New Series, September 11, 1852
“Wasp, the Scotch store-farmer, for such was Mr. Dinmont, found himself at leisure to enter into conversation.”
“Weel, the better for them that bides in't,' answered the store-farmer.”
“a few minutes he found himself attacking a round of beef and washing it down with home-brewed ale in company with the owner of the pony tethered outside, a certain Mr. Dandie Dinmont, a store-farmer on his way home from a Cumberland fair.”
Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North
“‘Weel, the better for them that bides in’t,’ answered the store-farmer.”
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