Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Government Men

Convicts.

“[He] had always been a hard-working man ... good at most things, and, like a lot more of the Government men, as the convicts were called, ... had saved some money.” —Boldrewood: Robbery under Arms, chap. i.

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