jarkman

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A forger of counterfeit seals, licenses or other documents. obsolete
    — 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.
  2. A writer of begging letters. obsolete
    — 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.

词形变化

jarkmen plural

词汇关系

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词源

From jark + -man.
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