jarkman
jarkman noun: a forger of counterfeit seals, licenses or other documents.
Noun
jarkman (plural jarkmen)
- A forger of counterfeit seals, licenses or other documents.
- Allusion has been made to forged certificates. These were manufactured by a class of mendicants who had something in them of clerkly skill. They were called Jarkmen, Jark being the cant term for a seal.1849, “The Beggars of London”, in The New Monthly Magazine, volume 85
- A writer of begging letters.
- And these, what name or title e'er they bear, / Jarkman, or Patrico, Cranke, or Clapper-dudgeon, / Frater, or Abram-man; I speak to all / That stand in fair election for the title / Of king of beggars.Beggars' Bush (17th-century play), act 2 scene 1
Forms of jarkman
| plural | jarkmen |
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Origin of jarkman
From jark + -man.
Questions about jarkman
- What does jarkman mean?
- Jarkman means a forger of counterfeit seals, licenses or other documents.
- What part of speech is jarkman?
- Jarkman is a noun.
- What is the plural of jarkman?
- The plural of jarkman is jarkmen.
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