Jarkman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Jarkman is a noun meaning (obsolete) A forger of counterfeit seals, licenses or other documents.
Meaning
(obsolete) A forger of counterfeit seals, licenses or other documents.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A writer of begging letters.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- jarkmen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include falsificator, paperhanger, forger, counterfeiter, graffer, hallmarker.
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