Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A strong staff.
  • noun A constable or beadle.

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Examples

  • Just then owd Pudge, th 'bang-beggar, coom runnin' into th 'pew, an' he fot Dick a sous at back o 'th' yed wi 'his pow, an' he said, 'Come here, Dick; thou'rt a foo.

    Th' Barrel Organ Edwin Waugh 1853

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