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ˈgalley-man
[f. galley n. + man n.]
1. One who rows in a galley.
1352Minot Poems (Hall) iii. 57 Þe galay men held vp þaire handes. a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 220 The galayis and the galay-men did boyth eschape. 1589Cogan Haven Health ii. (1636) 22 The Gally-man..the Carier, ease the tediousnesse of their labour..with singing and whistling. 1672Leycester Antiq. Chesh. ii. ii. 115 There were fifty skilful Oars or Galleymen. 1836–48B. D. Walsh Aristoph. 259 note, The Athenian Galley-men taking cushions to sit upon. a1845Hood She is far from Land 20 Pirates, and Sallee-men, Algerine galleymen.
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c1550Disc. Common Weal Eng. (1893) 127 These gally men, mercers, fustian sellers, grocers, poticaries, that selles vs anie ware made beyond the sea. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Galley-men, certain Genoese Merchants formerly so call'd, because they usually arriv'd in Galleys, landed their Goods at a Place in Thames-street, nam'd Galley-key, and traded with their own small Silver Coin call'd Galley-half-pence. |