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(noun) - (1) A man fetched from the tavern or ale-house by his wife is said to be "arrested by the white serjeant." --Francis Grose's A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1796 (2) A mythical person or bugaboo to scare children; one who will take them away if they are not good. --Michael Traynor's The English Dialect of Donegal, 1953
April 22, 2018