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Definition of Jerquer
1. n. A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.
Definition of Jerquer
1. Noun. A customs officer who searches ships for unentered goods. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jerquer
1. jerker [n -S] - See also: jerker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerquer
Literary usage of Jerquer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"... the search of a ship by a customhouse officer, called a jerquer, to ascertain
if there .... jerquer ..."
2. The British Tariff for ...: Contains Amended Tables of the Duties Payable on by Edwin Beedell (1858)
"Collector and jerquer, John Ralph. Controller and Landing Surveyor, John McCormack.
... Collector, jerquer, and Landing Surveyor, Thomas Love. ..."
3. The British Tariff for ...: Contains Amended Tables of the Duties Payable on by Edwin Beedell (1853)
"Collector and jerquer .... John G. Beresford Controller and Landing Surveyor .
Robert James Clerk Edward E. Movie Searcher and Tide Surveyor . ..."
4. Ellis's British Tariff for by Robert Ellis (1837)
"Report, 1 "I Warrants, 12 f Delivered to the jerquer 16th Nov. ... books, &c.
are to be delivered to the jerquer (or Surveyor in those ports where there is ..."
5. The British Tariff for ...: Contains Amended Tables of the Duties Payable on by Edwin Beedell (1848)
"Collector and jerquer . . . William Delap, Esq. Controller and Landing ...
Collector ana jerquer. . . Henry Costerton, Esq. Searcher • • • Mr- James Leaher. ..."
6. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"Is it a surveyor-general, an inspector- general, a comptroller of accounts, a
landing waiter, a searcher, or a jerquer ? I have rather an idea that it must ..."
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