Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship. · A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees. · A sneak; an inquisitive or prying person. · Uninitiated, outside, “profane”.
First attested in 1598.
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