Bevin Boy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

After Ernest Bevin (1881-1951), Minister of Labour in the wartime coalition British government.

Noun[edit]

Bevin Boy (plural Bevin Boys)

  1. (historical) Any of the young British men conscripted to work in the coal mines between 1943 and 1948.
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