jerry-lord
jerry-lord noun: a tavernkeeper.
Noun (1)
jerry-lord (plural jerry-lords)
- A tavernkeeper.
- More than once I have entered rooms at twelve o'clock noon, where half-a-dozen of prostitutes were drinking with as many men. Sometimes they listened with some attention to what I said; but when the “jerry lord" saw that his ‘”craft was in danger,” he began to order the "Scotch tormentor" off.1843, Logan, William, An exposure ... of female prostitution in London, Leeds and Rochdale and especially ... Glasgow, page 10
- Tho learned gentleman admitted that there was 'a great gulf" between the Jerry-lord and the Gin-spinner, between the Aristocracy of Alcohol and the Democracy of Drink. To sell beer alone, is low and degrading—but to sell Beer with Brandy quite respectable and elevating!1856, Lees, Frederic Richard, An Argument Legal and Historical for the Legislative Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic, page 48
Noun (2) capitalized: Jerry-lord
Jerry-lord (plural Jerry-lords)
- Alternative letter-case form of jerry-lord.
Forms of jerry-lord
| plural | jerry-lords |
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| plural | Jerry-lords |
Origin of jerry-lord
jerry or Jerry + lord; similar to jerry-rig.
Questions about jerry-lord
- What does jerry-lord mean?
- Jerry-lord means a tavernkeeper.
- What part of speech is jerry-lord?
- Jerry-lord is a noun.
- What is the plural of jerry-lord?
- The plural of jerry-lord is jerry-lords.
Words near jerry-lord in the dictionary
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