Meaning of hawk boy | Babel Free

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A plasterer's (male) attendant who supplied him with mortar.

dated

Examples

“The hawk boy's server is about the size and shape⟳ of a common garden hoe, but the handle⟳ is in the direction of the instrument.”

“Whenever any mischief or damage⟳ was done, rightly or wrongly, the plasterers' hawk-boys always had the credit of it. The plasterers of London should rejoice that the hawk-boys are abolished.”

“In London and the South of England plasterers formerly had attendants called "hawk-boys," each pair of plasterers having one to wait⟳ upon them. The hawk-boy's duty was to knock⟳ up and gauge all the materials, keep⟳ the men's tools clean⟳, look⟳ after the warming of their meals, and serve⟳ the materials when gauged.”

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