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And live not the lightmans I toute not my love, [2]
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] John S. Farmer
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'_mans_' is a common canting affix = a thing or place: _e.g. lightmans_ = day; _ruffmans_ = a wood or bush;
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] John S. Farmer
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archaic British cant slang, referring to daylight/daytime. cf. darkmans
November 22, 2016