Meaning of upright man | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The leader of a group of thieves or vagrants.
   UK, archaic
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upright, man.

Examples

“I hope⟳ then you can cant, for by your cudgels, you sirra are an upright man.”

“And the gentry had kind hearts, and would have⟳ given baith lap and pannel to ony puir gypsy; and there was not one, from Johnnie Faa the upright man, to little Christie that was in the panniers, would cloyed a dud from them.”

“Later He gave him freedom from the Lord to live⟳ alone as an upright man to cultivate and keep⟳ His garden called Eden.”

“The Upright Man, the chief of the crew, arose from his chair, donned his gown of state, a very ancient brocade dressing gown, filched, most probably, from the wardrobe of some strolling player, grasped his baton of office, a stout oaken truncheon, and sallied forth.”

“The Upright Man who performed the ceremony was the elected King of the Beggars, the Rector Chory or Dimber-Damber.”

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