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Feb. 18th, 2008 11:09 am
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[personal profile] cheshyre, I looked, and yes, "muddler" appears in the OED with the definition you and [personal profile] xiphias were discussing. It's the second definition (after "one who muddles").
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Date: 2008-02-20 01:47 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] cheshyre
Thank you very much.

Out of curiousity, when was the earliest citation?

Date: 2008-02-20 02:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gnomi.livejournal.com
1880, from (it appears) a glossary by W.H. Patterson.
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