clerkagen.

/ˈklɑːkɪdʒ/

Etymology: < clerk n. + -age suffix.

1. Clerks collectively, a body of clerks. (nonce-use; cf. peerage n. 1, etc.)

ΚΠ

1829 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 26 397 The mere clerkage..hundreds, perhaps thousands of them.

2. Clerks' work.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > [noun] > writing as occupation

writingc1405

scriveneryc1454

clerkship1550

calligraphy1590

pencraft1600

scribeship1606

clerking1679

pen-and-inkmanship1804

clerkhood1873

clerkage1883

clerkery1883

clerkdom-

1883 Birmgham Weekly Post 11 Aug. 4/5 Each company was put to the expense..of several thousand pounds in clerkage.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Jan. 4/1 The extras consisted of checking, clerkage, watching, and labelling.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	clerkage
释义	clerkagen. /ˈklɑːkɪdʒ/ Etymology: < clerk n. + -age suffix. 1. Clerks collectively, a body of clerks. (nonce-use; cf. peerage n. 1, etc.) ΚΠ 1829 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 26 397 The mere clerkage..hundreds, perhaps thousands of them. 2. Clerks' work. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [noun] > writing as occupation writingc1405 scriveneryc1454 clerkship1550 calligraphy1590 pencraft1600 scribeship1606 clerking1679 pen-and-inkmanship1804 clerkhood1873 clerkage1883 clerkery1883 clerkdom- 1883 Birmgham Weekly Post 11 Aug. 4/5 Each company was put to the expense..of several thousand pounds in clerkage. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Jan. 4/1 The extras consisted of checking, clerkage, watching, and labelling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1829
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