What is bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier called?
gainpain — Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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