DCHP-3

youngster

Nfld, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

See 1792 quote.

Quotations

1792
Youngster. A novitiate; a person in the first year, or early part of his servitude; one who has his business to learn.
1964
In mid-18th century, the custom became a legal requirement in Newfoundland for fishing masters, merchants and planters, when employing immigrant servants (whether "youngsters" or experienced fishermen) all generically "servants," to have a written employment agreement executed to reserve return passage money from the wages.