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 searches ships for unentered goods.

Etymologies

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Compare French chercher to search, and English search.

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  • custom house officer who searched ships.

    July 24, 2008