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bollman dial.|ˈbəʊmən| [f. ON. ból an abode (cf. bold n.) + man.] A cottager (In Orkney and Shetland). See also bouman.
a1796Statist. Acc. Scot. XV. 415–6 (Jam.) The amount of what a cottager or bollman, and his wife can earn annually. 1866T. Edmondston Shetl. & Orkney Gloss., Bollman, a cottager, pronounced bowman. |