Associations to the word «Bevin»

Wiktionary

BEVIN BOY, noun. Any of the young British men conscripted to work in the coalmines between 1943 and 1948.
BEVIN BOYS, noun. Plural of Bevin Boy

Dictionary definition

BEVIN, noun. British labor leader and statesman who played an important role in diplomacy after World War II (1884-1951).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats