† shakebucklern.
Obsolete.
A person given to fighting or quarrelling; a troublemaker. See also Sim Shakebuckler n. at Sim n.1 1b.
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society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > persons full of strife > one who causes disturbance or trouble
disturberc1290
troublera1382
distroublerc1440
disturblerc1440
shakebucklera1538
hellcat1603
trouble-feast1603
trouble-rest1605
trouble-house1608
trouble-cupa1610
trouble-state1609
seek-trouble1611
trouble-town1619
trouble-world1663
hellion1845
rowdy1859
bad actor1879
ratbag1890
disturbant1894
trouble-maker1923
performer1937
messer1942
shit-stirrer1961
a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 89 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Schakebuklar Thai prechin our Scotland passand on thare fut with few clerkis in thare companye; schaikbuklaris wes fer to seik fra thame.
1566 J. Fowler tr. P. Frarinus Oration against Vnlawfull Insurrections Protestantes sig. Dviv It is lawfull and right for euery desperate shakebuckler to doe what he liste.
?1569 E. Dering Serm. preached 25 Feb. sig. E.ivv Looke vpon your Ministerie, and there are some of one occupation, some of another: some shake bucklers, some Ruffians, some Hawkers & Hunters, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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