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blockie

British  
/ ˈblɒkɪ /

noun

  1. informal an owner of a small property, esp a farm

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Into this his wife laid one of the logs he had cut, and began swinging it, crooning the while a rune beginning Swing, blockie dear, swing.

From Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore by Ralston, William Ralston Shedden

Into this his wife laid one of the logs he had cut, and began swinging it, crooning the while a tune beginning:— 'Swing, blockie dear, swing.'

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.

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