Meaning of head beetler | Babel Free

Definitions

The leader of a group of workmen.

UK, archaic, dialectal

Examples

“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, […]”

“Later Mattie, the 'head beetler' of my father's family, arrived wearing his customary tweed jacket.”

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