Meaning of John Hancock | Babel Free
/dʒɒn ˈhænkɒk/Definitions
A person's signature.
US, idiomatic
Equivalents
Deutsch
Friedrich Wilhelm
Examples
“Please put your John Hancock on the dotted line to close the deal.”
“The man is pressed for his "John Hancock" with all the persuasiveness and eloquence of a practiced operator on masculine vanity.”
“Can I have your auto—your John Hancock, please?”
“Audrey and crew even squeezed frail grocer Frank Morgan, the victim, into adding his John Hancock to the parole petition. The cherry was getting Hanging Judge Joe Williams to sign on as well.”
“[Jack] Lew is not the first Treasury secretary to change his John Hancock upon arrival at 1500 Pennsylvania Ave.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.