English Explanatory Dictionary

half-marrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of a pair of young boys employed as putters, pushing wagons in the mine, and dividing their earnings.

Word forms

half-marrow half-marrows

Etymology

See marrow (“partner, companion”).

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