† puzzle-textn.Obsolete a person who makes a puzzle of a scripture text.
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1707 W. WagstaffeCrispin Cobler's Confut. Ben H—dly (ed. 2) 6 I always hated Tub-preaching, and thought a Church of England Cobler a better Fellow than a Conventicle Puzzle-Text.
1837 Gambler's Dream I. 269 The petticoat puzzletext curtsied to her young master and retired.