subs. (tramps’).—A night’s lodger in a barn or outhouse; a SKIPPERBIRD (q.v.).
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, i. 339. KEYHOLE WHISTLERS, the skipperbirds are sometimes called, but they’re regular travellers.
subs. (tramps’).—A night’s lodger in a barn or outhouse; a SKIPPERBIRD (q.v.).
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, i. 339. KEYHOLE WHISTLERS, the skipperbirds are sometimes called, but they’re regular travellers.
