head beetler
noun- The line of flunkies, like a rijiment of tin men workin' on strings, all together threw up their hands in horror, a look on their face like someone stole their last penny, and the head beetler of them, bowin' till his three ends met, said, […]1920, Seumas MacManus, Top o' the Mornin', page 161:
- Later Mattie, the 'head beetler' of my father's family, arrived wearing his customary tweed jacket.2016, Patrick Deeley, The Hurley Maker's Son: