Saint Nicholas' clerk

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A highwayman. obsolete
    — And like the Saint Nicolas Clarkes on Salsburie plaine (I vse the si∣militude, for that Martin loues Sarum so well) stept out before vs in the high waie, and bidde vs stand.

词形变化

Saint Nicholas' clerks plural St. Nicholas' clerk alternative

词源

After Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of thieves.
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