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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lockman

An executioner; so called because one of his dues was a lock (or ladleful) of meal from every caskful exposed for sale in the market. In the Isle of Man the under-sheriff is so called.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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