jerquern.

/ˈdʒəːkə/

Forms: Also 1700s (irregular) jerguer, 1800s jerker.

Etymology: See jerque v.

‘A custom-house officer, a searcher’ (Simmonds, 1858); in the London Custom House, A clerical officer who examines and checks a ship's papers, to see that all the cargo has been duly entered and described.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > customs house or tollbooth > custom-house officer

customary1494

jerquer1706

douanier1739

king's man1814

liquidators of vessels1884

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Jerguer, an Officer at the Custom-House, who oversees the Actions and Accounts of the Waiters.

1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) iii. 498 Four Examiners of the Out-Port Books 200l. Three Jerquers at 100l. each, 300l.

1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 7 The Warrants, Books, &c. are to be delivered to the Jerquer (or Surveyor, in those Ports where there is not a Jerquer), within one month after the clearing of the Ship by the Tide Surveyor.

1862 G. A. Sala Ship-chandler (L.) I've heard tell that she's three parts slaver and one part pirate; and I wonder the custom-house jerkers don't seize her whenever that gibbet~face Stoneyard has the impudence to put into Longport.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	jerquer
释义	jerquern. /ˈdʒəːkə/ Forms: Also 1700s (irregular) jerguer, 1800s jerker. Etymology: See jerque v. ‘A custom-house officer, a searcher’ (Simmonds, 1858); in the London Custom House, A clerical officer who examines and checks a ship's papers, to see that all the cargo has been duly entered and described. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > customs house or tollbooth > custom-house officer customary1494 jerquer1706 douanier1739 king's man1814 liquidators of vessels1884 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Jerguer, an Officer at the Custom-House, who oversees the Actions and Accounts of the Waiters. 1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) iii. 498 Four Examiners of the Out-Port Books 200l. Three Jerquers at 100l. each, 300l. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 7 The Warrants, Books, &c. are to be delivered to the Jerquer (or Surveyor, in those Ports where there is not a Jerquer), within one month after the clearing of the Ship by the Tide Surveyor. 1862 G. A. Sala Ship-chandler (L.) I've heard tell that she's three parts slaver and one part pirate; and I wonder the custom-house jerkers don't seize her whenever that gibbet~face Stoneyard has the impudence to put into Longport. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1706
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