subs. (workmens).An operative working for less than society wages. Formerly, according to Grose, a journeyman taylor who submits to the law for regulating journey-mens taylors wages, therefore deemed by the FLINTS (q.v.) a coward.
subs. (workmens).An operative working for less than society wages. Formerly, according to Grose, a journeyman taylor who submits to the law for regulating journey-mens taylors wages, therefore deemed by the FLINTS (q.v.) a coward.