That was Neil, son of Angus Dubh, the tacksman on the old place, one of my best sergeants. |
The tacksman is necessarily a man capable of securing to the Laird the whole rent, and is commonly a collateral relation. |
Altogether it had the appearance of being the residence of a person of the rank of a small proprietor or tacksman. |
The land, say they, is let to the tacksman at sixpence an acre, and by him to the tenant at ten-pence. |