dubsman

noun

dubsman

noun

Etymology From dub + -s- + -man.

1

Obsolete, Slang A jailer.

[…] C was a Cracksman, that forked all the plate; / D was a Dubsman, who kept the jug-gate. […]1846, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, page 60:

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