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Re: What is this occupation?
« Reply #9 on: Friday 05 August 16 21:15 BST (UK) »
I read somewhere online that a Billy was a top hat worn by Ag Labs at hiring fairs...can't post the link from my iPad.
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Re: What is this occupation?
« Reply #10 on: Friday 05 August 16 21:18 BST (UK) »
Billy-cock   is the full name of the hat.
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Re: What is this occupation?
« Reply #11 on: Friday 05 August 16 21:21 BST (UK) »
Just a thought ~

beili  is Welsh for Bailiff (I think)

Could if be written as it was pronounced (i.e. bely)


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Re: What is this occupation?
« Reply #12 on: Friday 05 August 16 23:20 BST (UK) »
Usually all the words start with a capital letter and I'm wondering if the second word starts with a capital "W".

I don't recognise the first word and am wondering if the job title is something used in that locality/county and maybe the enumerator had a problem copying the description from the original form.

The only job I can think of that starts with a "B" is a bailiwick - maybe the landowner employed him to run poachers off his land his "bailiwick"?
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Re: What is this occupation?
« Reply #13 on: Friday 05 August 16 23:22 BST (UK) »
The shape of the B looks like a P that's been changed to a B based on the shapes of Bs and Ps on the same page. The writer may have misheard an unfamiliar word and it may be misspelt.

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