gallopin

See also: Gallopin

English

Etymology

From French galopin. See gallop (intransitive verb).

Noun

gallopin (plural gallopins)

1. (obsolete) An underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.
   • 1793, The Sentimental and Masonic Magazine:

     He was permitted to run about the streets of Paris , and to become a mere Gallopin

References

• “gallopin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.