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locksman1
noun
historical ScottishA public executioner; = lockman .
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Fountainhall's Decisions. Apparently an alteration of lockman, after the genitive of lock.
locksman2
noun
A person employed to attend and maintain a lock on a canal or river.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in New-Yorker. From the genitive of lock + man.
locksman3
noun
CaribbeanA male Rastafarian who wears dreadlocks.
Origin
1960s. From the plural of lock + man.
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