Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
jerker .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun engraving A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.
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- noun A
customs officer who searchesships forunentered goods .
Etymologies
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Compare French chercher to search, and English search.
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sionnach commented on the word jerquer
custom house officer who searched ships.
July 24, 2008