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emergency man

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emergency man (plural emergency men)

  1. (historical, Ireland) A bailiff's officer or volunteer provided for a special service, especially one who was placed in charge of properties from which the tenants were evicted during the Land War, or who came to bring in the crops of men who were boycotted during that period.