Cottar

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of cotter (“peasant inhabiting a cottage”). Scotland, alt-of, alternative

    "Here, then, we have a description which, with the exception of what relates to the reciprocal services, would be applicable to the modern cottar where he is not an unlicensed squatter"

  2. 2
    fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together wordnet
  3. 3
    a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands wordnet

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cottercotter

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"Here, then, we have a description which, with the exception of what relates to the reciprocal services, would be applicable to the modern cottar where he is not an unlicensed squatter"

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