DROVER
NOUNS, PERSON
1659 — ABACTER a dishonest drover or shepherd who connives at the stealing of cattle they are guarding → obs.
1676 — MOW-BEATER a drover → UK criminals’ sl.
1676 — MOW-HEATER a drover, ‘from their frequent sleeping on hay mows’ → UK criminals’ sl.
1825 — TAPSMAN the head drover; the chief man in charge of a drove of cattle → Sc. (Bk.)
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