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  • noun Plural form of dempster.

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Examples

  • Alley is locked by iron gates. 7 dempsters sic in alley-take your pick.

    The Guardian World News James Ridgeway 2011

  • Well, cousin, this same Edward Christian was one of the dempsters at the time, and, naturally enough, was unwilling to concur in the sentence which adjudged his aîné to be shot like a dog.

    Peveril of the Peak 1822

  • -- Well, cousin, this same Edward Christian was one of the dempsters at the time, and, naturally enough, was unwilling to concur in the sentence which adjudged his/aîné/to be shot like a dog.

    Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801

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