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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a person holding a lay (def. 1).
See: lay ((n.))(def. 1)
Quotations
1898
The last few days several laymen have arrived from Sulphur well pleased with their prospects.
1901
Discovery claims and Nos. 1 and 2 on Bonanza will be worked by laymen the coming winter.
1926
Old-timers will remember the trio who took out an 80% lay from the North American Trading Company, and each man received over sixty thousand dollars as his share of the winter's work. Thereafter, they were known as "the lucky laymen."