Geoffrey Chaucer — "He was a maister-hand at stelen corn, And that he gat, he wolde it wel defende."
He was a maister-hand at stelen corn, And that he gat, he wolde it wel defende.
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The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue (describing the Miller's skill at stealing grain)
Date: c. 1387-1400
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