jerquing

English edit

Etymology edit

Verbal noun from jerque.

Noun edit

jerquing (uncountable)

(UK, archaic) The searching of a ship for undocumented goods.

Related terms edit

jerquer

References edit

“jerquing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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