Red Liner

See also: redliner

English

Etymology

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Noun

Red Liner (plural Red Liners)

  1. (slang, obsolete, historical) An officer of the Society for the Suppression of Mendicity.

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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