Bevin Boy

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

Bevin Boy (plural Bevin Boys)

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