PAINSTAKER
\pˈe͡ɪnste͡ɪkə], \pˈeɪnsteɪkə], \p_ˈeɪ_n_s_t_eɪ_k_ə]\
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By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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One who takes pains; bill of pains and penalties, in Eng. hist., a species of process, by bringing a bill into Parliament, employed to inflict punishment on State offenders out of the ordinary course of justice, the latest example of which was the bill of pains and penalties against Queen Caroline, 1820.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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