thackster Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈθækstə(r))
Also 5 thac-, thakstare, 6 thaxster. See also thatchester.
[f. thack v.1 + -ster.]
= thacker.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 52/2 Broche for a thacstare, firmaculum. Ibid. 490/1 Thakstare, sartitector. 1533 in Blomefield Hist. Norfolk (1806) III. 206 The Reders, Thaxsters, Rede-sellers,..with their banner. 1787 W. Marshall E. Norf. Gloss. (E.D.S.), Thackster, a thatcher. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Thacker, Thackster, a thatcher. |