Waits, originally watchmen who sounded horns, and afterwards bands of musicians and singers, especially carol singers at Christmas time.
Waits
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 522
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Waits, originally watchmen who sounded horns, and afterwards bands of musicians and singers, especially carol singers at Christmas time.