subs. (vagrants’).—A farmer; cf. BOS-KEN.
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, I. 471. I’ve seen the swell BOSMEN (farmers) buy the pills to give the people standing about.
subs. (vagrants’).—A farmer; cf. BOS-KEN.
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, I. 471. I’ve seen the swell BOSMEN (farmers) buy the pills to give the people standing about.
