Bencher n.
a debtor, spec. an inmate of the King’s Bench Prison, for debtors.
Pierce Egan’s Life in London 18 June 579/2: Nothing can make an Old Bencher pay / [...] / For he clears off old scores by Whitewashing Day! |
a debtor, spec. an inmate of the King’s Bench Prison, for debtors.
Pierce Egan’s Life in London 18 June 579/2: Nothing can make an Old Bencher pay / [...] / For he clears off old scores by Whitewashing Day! |