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jerquer
jerquer (ˈdʒɜːkə(r)) Also 8 (erron.) jerguer, 9 jerker. [See prec. vb.] ‘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.1706 Phillips, Jerguer,... Oxford English Dictionary
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jerque, v. (dʒɜːk) Also 9 jirk. [Origin obscure: it has been conjecturally referred to It. cercare to search, which suits the form and sense; but historical evidence is wanting. The agent noun jerquer, jerker, is evidenced back to 1706, and ought to be formed from the vb.; but the latter is not know... Oxford English Dictionary
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▪ I. jerker1 (ˈdʒɜːkə(r)) [f. jerk v.1 + -er1.] 1. One who jerks: in senses of the verb.1596 Nashe Saffron Walden 133 Yea Madam Gabriela, are you such an old ierker. 1598 Florio, Frustatore, a whipper, a scourger, a ierker. 1651 Triplett On Dr. Gill in D'Urfey Pills (1719) IV. 263, Take heed..Lest y... Oxford English Dictionary
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