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head beetlers

head beetlers is the plural of head beetler.

Meaning of head beetler

Noun

head beetler (plural head beetlers)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) The leader of a group of workmen.
    • The line of flunkies, like a rijiment of tin men workin' on strings, all together threw up their hands in horror, a look on their face like someone stole their last penny, and the head beetler of them, bowin' till his three ends met, said, […]1920, Seumas MacManus, Top o' the Mornin', page 161

Questions about head beetlers

What is head beetlers the plural of?
Head beetlers is the plural of head beetler.

Words near head beetlers in the dictionary

  1. head band
  2. head bands
  3. head bang
  4. head bangs
  5. head beetler
  6. head beetlers
  7. head binding
  8. head blight
  9. head blights
  10. head boat
  11. head boats

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