单词 | jarkman |
释义 | jarkmann. cant. Now historical and rare. A literate beggar, esp. one who forges passes, licences, and certificates for others. Cf. jark n., jackman n.2 ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > other types of beggar overlier1449 roger?1536 jarkman1567 Irish toyle1575 jackman1575 chamber-deacon1607 reacher1607 wallet-bearer1611 pie card1931 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > [noun] > forger, falsifier > of licences jackman1566 jarkman1567 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Eiv These two names a Iarkeman and a Patrico be in the old briefe of vacabonds... A Iarkmane hathe his name of a Iarke, which is a seale in their Languag, as one should make writings and set seales for lycences and pasportes. 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? iii. 35 A counterfeit Passe, made by some jarkman vnder an hedge for a Rogue. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kk3v/1 Come, Princes of the ragged regiment..Jarkman, or Patrico, Cranke, or Clapperdudgeon. 1725 New Canting Dict. at Gypsies Nor will I suffer him..to be abused by any strange..Swig-man, Whip-Jacks, Jark-men, Bawdy-Baskets [etc.]. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Crew The canting crew are divided into twenty-three orders..Swadders or pedlars..Jarkmen or patricoes. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 340 No jarkman, be he high or low. 1849 New Monthly Mag. Apr. 413 Their marriages, when any took place, were performed by the jarkman, their hedge-priest, with a farrago of canting language. 2001 L. Woodbridge Vagrancy, Homelessness, & Eng. Renaissance Lit. i. 68 Jarkmen are not idle, but they are criminal: these literate vagrants do a thriving business in forged begging licenses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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