Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

harman-beck

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables: har-man-beck
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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."
"But O ben Coue what if we be clyd, Long we cannot foist & nip at last we shall be spyed, If that we be spied, O then begins our woe, With the Harman beake out and alas, To Wittington we goe."
"Here, safe in our Skipper, let's cly off our Peck, And bowse in defiance o' th' Harman-beck."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

harman-becks (plural) beck-harman (alternative) harmanbeck (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

harman harmans

Synonyms

harman nuthook PC Plod

Questions

What does harman-beck mean?: A policeman.

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