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jarkmen

jarkmen is the plural of jarkman.

Meaning of jarkman

Noun

jarkman (plural jarkmen)

  1. (obsolete) 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
  2. (obsolete) 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

Questions about jarkmen

What is jarkmen the plural of?
Jarkmen is the plural of jarkman.

Words near jarkmen in the dictionary

  1. jark
  2. jarked
  3. jarking
  4. Jarklin
  5. jarkman
  6. jarkmen
  7. jarks
  8. jarl
  9. jarldom
  10. jarldoms
  11. jarless

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