Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Velveteen
subs. (common).—In pl. = a gamekeeper.
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1885. Daily Telegraph, 29 Dec. Were the English VELVETEENS less conservative and orthodox in his views of what the limits of his duties are, he might take a hint from the foreigner in trapping blue rocks.
