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?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 223 Thou haste ben a theef. In stede to do Iustyce thou haste ben a murdrer and a putter in of fyre to brenne villages and howses.

1658 E. Leigh Second Considerations High Court 10 It is believed the putters in of frivolous exceptions have little encouragement thereto for the future.

1709 J. Ozell tr. M. de Cervantes Little Gypsie 34 Which made 'em as Uppish as the Composer of a Piece of Prize Musick, when he bears away the Bell from the rest of the Putters in.

1895 W. C. Steadman in F. W. Galton Workers on their Industries 63 The ‘putter-in’ puts the red-hot rivet into the holes already drilled, and the ‘holder-up’ holds a heavy hammer against one side of the rivet.

1998 Independent (Nexis) 29 Nov. 11 Nunn has staged more texts than subtexts, working with the putters-in—Shakespeare, Dickens, Victor Hugo—rather than the takers-out.