mow-heater n.
(UK Und.) a drover.
Canting Academy (2nd edn) n.p.: Mow-heater Drover. | ||
Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Mow-beater A Drover. | ||
Triumph of Wit 195: The mow-heater pikes off with the Mows [The Drover goes away with the Cows]. | ||
New Canting Dict. n.p.: mow-heater, c. a drover. | ||
, , , | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. 1725]. | |
Scoundrel’s Dict. 17: A Drover – Mow-beater. [Ibid.] 21: The Mow-beater pikes off with the Mows. | ||
Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue ms. additions n.p.: Mow Heater. A Drover: from their frequent sleeping on Hay Mows. | ||
, | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (2nd, 3rd edn) n.p.: | |
Lex. Balatronicum [as cit. 1788]. | ||
Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue [as cit. 1788]. |