Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—K

Keepers

A staff of men employed by Irish landlords in 1843, etc., to watch the crops and prevent their being smuggled off during the night. They were resisted by the Molly Maguires.

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