Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruddlemen
Literary usage of Ruddlemen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dialect of the West Riding of Yorkshire: A Short History of Leeds and Other by Samuel Dyer (1891)
"... always termed red rud, a duplication of words, as one means the other. It is
used for marking sheep. The men who dig up this earth are called ruddlemen. ..."
2. Scottish Gypsies Under the Stewarts by David MacRitchie (1894)
"... keelers," or " keel- men," otherwise " ruddlemen." It could be shown that
Gypsies have often been associated with, and in some cases identified with, ..."
3. Scottish Gypsies Under the Stewarts by David MacRitchie (1894)
"... keelers," or " keel- men," otherwise " ruddlemen." It could be shown that
Gypsies have often been associated with, and in some cases identified with, ..."
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