Bevin Boy

noun

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

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Meanings

nounBevin Boy (plural Bevin Boys)

plural Bevin Boys

  1. historicalAny of the young British men conscripted to work in the coal mines between 1943 and 1948.

Origin

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

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APA

Bevin Boy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bevin%20Boy

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“Bevin Boy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bevin%20Boy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bevin Boy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bevin%20Boy.

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