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Saint Nicholas' clerks

Saint Nicholas' clerks is the plural of Saint Nicholas' clerk.

Meaning of Saint Nicholas' clerk

Noun

Saint Nicholas' clerk (plural Saint Nicholas' clerks)

  1. (obsolete) A highwayman.
    • And like the Saint Nicolas Clarkes on Salsburie plaine (I vse the si∣militude, for that Martin loues Sarum so well) stept out before vs in the high waie, and bidde vs stand.1589, Thomas Nashe, Martins Months Minde

Questions about Saint Nicholas' clerks

What is Saint Nicholas' clerks the plural of?
Saint Nicholas' clerks is the plural of Saint Nicholas' clerk.

Words near Saint Nicholas' clerks in the dictionary

  1. Saint Michael's line
  2. Saint Michaels
  3. Saint Monday
  4. Saint Nicholas
  5. Saint Nicholas' clerk
  6. Saint Nicholas' clerks
  7. Saint Nick
  8. Saint Onge
  9. Saint Paddy's
  10. Saint Pancras
  11. Saint Patrick

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