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Definition of Bevin boy in English: Bevin boynoun (during the Second World War), a young man of age for National Service selected by lot to work as a miner. Example sentencesExamples - Bevin Boys are often known as the "Forgotten Conscripts".
- Miners' sons were forced down the pits, and from December 1943 Bevin boys were employed.
- He was immortalised in the ‘Bevin boys’, an alternative to National Service in which men from different backgrounds, including public schools, were conscripted to go down the mines.
- With the ending of the order for prosecution of Bevin boys for non-attendance it became impractical to retain the compulsory labour force.
- In another you can see the Bevin boys, the miners who ensured Britain did not run out of coal during the war.
Origin Named after Ernest Bevin (see Bevin, Ernest). |