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turnbroach
turnbroach arch. (ˈtɜːnbrəʊtʃ) [f. turn v. + broach n.1] = turnspit 2, 3. Also attrib. or adj.14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 619/1 Verugirus, a turnebroche. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 52 A turne-broche, a boy for hogge at Ware, With loury face, noddyng and slombryng. a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VII...
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Cook (domestic worker)
despite the name, were not always minors), in the largest households even further subdivided, perhaps the lowliest position being that of spitboy or turnbroach
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tornebroche
torneament, tornebroche obs. ff. tournament, turnbroach.
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turnspit
turnspit (ˈtɜːnspɪt) [f. turn v. + spit n.; cf. turnbroach.] 1. A dog kept to turn the roasting-spit by running within a kind of tread-wheel connected with it; a turnspit dog. Also fig.1576 Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs (1880) 35 A certaine dogge..when any meate is to bee roasted they go into a wheele..tu...
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