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clerks of the pipe

clerks of the pipe is the plural of clerk of the pipe.

Meaning of clerk of the pipe

Noun

clerk of the pipe (plural clerks of the pipe)

  1. (historical) A person employed by the English Exchequer and its successors to work in the pipe office maintaining the pipe rolls on which government income and expenditure were recorded.

Questions about clerks of the pipe

What is clerks of the pipe the plural of?
Clerks of the pipe is the plural of clerk of the pipe.

Words near clerks of the pipe in the dictionary

  1. clerkly script
  2. clerks
  3. clerks of courses
  4. clerks of the course
  5. clerks of the pells
  6. clerks of the pipe
  7. clerks of the works
  8. clerks of works
  9. clerkship
  10. clerkships
  11. clerky

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