Meaning of jarkman | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A forger of counterfeit seals, licenses or other documents.
   obsolete
2. A writer of begging letters.
   obsolete

Examples

“Allusion has been made to forged certificates. These were manufactured by a class of mendicants who had something in them of clerkly skill. They were called Jarkmen, Jark being the cant term for a seal.”

“And these, what name or title e'er they bear, / Jarkman, or Patrico, Cranke, or Clapper-dudgeon, / Frater, or Abram-man; I speak to all / That stand in fair election for the title / Of king of beggars.”

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