harman-beck

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harman-beck

noun harman-becks · beck-harman · harmanbeck

  1. obsolete A policeman. The Ruffin cly the nab of the Harmanbeck, If we mawnd Pannam, lap, or Ruff-peck, Or poplars of yarum: he cuts, bing to the Ruffmans, Or els he ſweares by the light-mans, To put our ſtamps in the Harmans.

    Similar: harman, nuthook, PC Plod

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@misc{harman_beck_2026,
  title = {harman-beck},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/harman-beck},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}