(UK, historical) A person employed to evaluate the cases of people applying for relief, and to allocate funds or authorize entry to the workhouse.
(UK, historical) A person employed to evaluate the cases of people applying for relief, and to allocate funds or authorize entry to the workhouse.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, historical) and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty.
(UK, historical) A person employed around the coastlines of Britain in the 18th century to investigate smuggling.
(UK, historical) A customs officer who worked outside the custom house, visiting the docks, warehouses, etc.
(UK, historical) An officer who apprehended idlers on the street during church hours in Scotland.
(UK, university, _, slang, obsolete) One's father.
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