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ruddleman

noun

  1. Someone who deals in ruddle (red ochre), usually itinerant and red-stained

    And little Rutlandshire is tearmed Raddleman.

Where it comes from

From ruddle + -man. First appears in print in 1622, possibly coined by Michael Drayton.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry ruddleman (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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