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confiner
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confiner, n.
One who, or that which, limits or restrains. [1913 Webster]
confiner, n.
One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
"Happy confiners you of other lands,
That shift your soil, and oft 'scape tyrants' hands." [1913 Webster]
That shift your soil, and oft 'scape tyrants' hands." [1913 Webster]
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