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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic, derogatory) A swaggering buffoon; a foolish braggart..
A very artificiall beginning, to moove attention or to procure good-liking in the reader, unlesse he wrote onely to roister-doisters, and hacksters, or at least to jesters, and vices.
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Roister-doister means (archaic, derogatory) A swaggering buffoon; a foolish braggart..
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A very artificiall beginning, to moove attention or to procure good-liking in the reader, unlesse he wrote onely to roister-doisters, and hacksters, or at least to jesters, and vices.
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