Etymology

Bevin Boy

Today it means: Any of the young British men conscripted to work in the coal mines between 1943 and 1948. Full definition →

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The story

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.