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Oakboy
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English
Etymology
From en oak boy; they would wear a piece of oak in their hats.
Noun
en historical A member of the Hearts of Oak (Ireland) Hearts of Oak, a protest movement of farmers and weavers that arose in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1761, in reaction to excessive taxation.
en Greenboy